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We're going to start the Normandy posts with the American sector of <b>Utah Beach</b> . <span class="">It was a very important part of the </span><b><span class="">Operation Overlord</span></b><span class=""> because if the landings failed they were going to focus on this sector. </span>The mission of the <b>7th Army Corps</b> was to take the coast while the <b>4th Infantry Division</b> would be established on the road to bring the <b>82nd</b> and <b>101st Airborne</b> parachuted in Sainte-Mere-Eglise.</div>
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Utah was the least deadly of the five landing beaches, with 200 deaths.</div>
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Utah Beach is quite long and you can reach its main entrance through the village of Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. We can find many memorials and German bunkers around. There are many remnants of the war.<br />
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We can also see the remains of the old barbed wire, as shown in the following photos.<br />
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In these pictures we can compare the walk to the beach, then and now. As you can see, it has not changed that much.</div>
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In front of the beach there are several memorials chaired by the French and American flags as well as the Landing Museum. <br />
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<b><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">Utah Beach Landing Museum</span></b><br />
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<b> Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/ZqjKC" target="_blank">here</a> </div>
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<b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.utah-beach.com/">www.utah-beach.com </a><b> </b></div>
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<b>Hours: </b> </div>
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January, March, November 10:00 to 17:30 </div>
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April, May, October 10:00 to 18:00 </div>
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From June to September 9:30 to 19:00 <b> </b></div>
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<b>Admission:</b> 7.50 euros (6.50 with Normandie Pass) </div>
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It's located in front of the beach and it shows the history of the war divided into ten
stages from the German occupation until the d-day. It has been recently renovated and it welcomes an authentic B26
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These are some of the plaques and memorials that can be found along the beach:<br />
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<i>Memorial to the 90th American Division </i></div>
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<i>Memorial to the 1st Engineers Special Brigade</i></div>
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<i>Memorial to the American Marines who participated in D-Day</i></div>
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On the road between Utah Beach to <b>Sainte-Marie-du-Mont</b> we stumbled upon these two memorials: the first one dedicated to the <b>Danish seamen</b> who participated in the d-day and the second one, opened in 2012 and dedicated to the<b> Major </b><b>Dick Winters of the 10st Airbone1 Division</b> , well known for the TV series Band of Brothers. <br />
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<i>Memorial to Danish Marines</i></div>
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The route taken by the U.S. Army in the liberation of Europe is
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Bastogne (Belgium). The 0 km is located in <b>Sainte-Mère-Église</b> , in front of the city hall.</div>
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This village was one of the first ones occupied by
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The 101st Airborne Division and the 82nd jumped over Sainte-Mére-Eglise, although many of them fell far away and got lost. In the steeple of the church we can see a paratrooper hanging remembering John Steele whose parachute got hooked there. This feat is also reflected in the film <b>The Longest Day</b> .</div>
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A few steps from the churh we can find the <span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>Musée Airborne</b></span> , dedicated to the paratroopers of the 101st and the 82nd.</div>
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<b>Location: </b><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/zdgZd">here</a><br />
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On the outskirts of town (indicated by various signs) we can visit the <b>memorial to the paratroopers</b> of these companies:</div>
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Another village freed by the 101, famous for appearing in the series <b>Band of Brothers</b> . They couldn't get the town until June 12. A great battle was fought.<br />
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Bg55P" target="_blank">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.patrimoine-manche.fr/">www.patrimoine-manche.fr</a></div>
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Rest of the year 14:00 to 18:00</div>
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Built by the Todt organization between 1941 and 1944. The battery belonged to the Atlantic Wall and bombed Utah Beach sector. It was taken on June 9 after an intense battle.</div>
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It was also built by the Todt organization in 1942. The men of this battery opposed
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Operation Market Garden was the largest airbone offensive conducted by
the allies and its biggest military defeat. Tha plan, devised by
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It was carried out from 17 to 25 September 1944. Despite that the first bridges were succesfully captured they couldn't take the last one in Arnhem. On the map of the operation we can see the progress of Allied troops and the German defensive positions.<br />
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The operation was located in the <b>Netherlands</b> , near the German border. To visit the battlefields you can start from <b>Arnhem</b> . It is best to fly to any of the nearest airports and once there, rent a car or take a train.<br />
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<i>View of the River Rhine at Arnhem.</i></div>
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The airports with the best access to the battlefields are the <b>Amsterdam's </b>and the <b>Düsseldorf</b>'s . <br />
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Once in Arnhem you can rent a car or follow the route by train.
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<b>Railway Network Netherlands: </b><a href="https://www.ns.nl/">https://www.ns.nl/ </a><b> </b><br />
<b>German Red train to get from Düsseldorf: </b><a href="http://www.bahn.com/">http :/ / www.bahn.com/ </a><u> </u><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>+ Eindhoven:<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">On September 18, 1944 the 506th Parachute Regime of the 101st Airborne Division
after losing the bridge were moved to the city of Eindhoven, which was
released. In the picture we see the entrance of the British XXX Corps on September 19.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">Today we can find numerous plaques and memorials to remember the liberation of the city.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"> (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/F8Ddi" target="_blank">location</a> )</span></span></div>
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<i>Memorial of the release</i> . (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/G1YN1" target="_blank">location</a> )</div>
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<i>101st Division</i> memorial. (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/UkSd7" target="_blank">location</a> )</div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">Very
near Eindhoven, in Best, we can find the Wings of the Liberation museum
containing exhibitions with vehicles, objects
and information about Market Garden. <a href="http://www.wingsofliberation.nl/" target="_blank">Consult information</a> .</span></span><br />
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a few miles away, in Son, we can find numerous memorials, most of them of the 101st
Airborne and we can walk the memory pad, the same that made this division.</span></span></div>
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(See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/BzvhW" target="_blank">location</a> )</div>
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This bridge was taken on September 17 by the American 82nd Division. It took few hours and it was one of their first <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">successes</span></span>. At
present there is no bridge but we can visit the old location. We can visit too a small
memorial that stands where in 1944 a temporary cemetery
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<i>The place where the bridge was</i> . (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/8l6un" target="_blank">location</a> )</div>
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<i>Memorial Cemetery</i> . (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/SHZWb" target="_blank">location</a> )</div>
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On September 17, the 82nd Division and the XXX Corps liberated Grave. They managed
to cross the river Meuse taking the bridge despite the German defense. The bridge was renamed in 2004 to the <i>John S. Thompson-Brug</i> in honor of Thompson's platoon's capture.<br />
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<i>Bridge today.</i> (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/SWCmz" target="_blank">Location</a> )<br />
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Nearby we can find several bunkers dating from 1936 and 1940. These bunkers were taken by German troops during the occupation. Some of them remain open as a museum. <a href="http://www.graafsmuseum.nl/" target="_blank">Consult information</a> .<br />
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Nijmegen was the center of Operation Market Garden. The bridge over the river Waal was vital to reach Arnhem. To capture the bridge and the city the 82nd Division had to cross the river in boats and assaulting the northern part. Part of the bridge was destroyed by the German defense, and later rebuilt.</div>
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The XXX Corps cross the Nijmegen Bridge.</div>
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Today the bridge is called James Gavin because Lieutenant General of the
United States who participated in making the front of the 82nd
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<i>View of the bridge today.</i> (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Vv6OW" target="_blank">location</a> )<br />
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At one side of the bridge we can find the remainder of a German tank used for the defense of the bridge.<br />
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Oosterbeek, a few kilometers from Arnhem, was the refuge of the soldiers of the 1st Division. The few survivors of the 156th Parachute Battalion and the 4th Brigade managed to reach Oosterbeek too. On
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Nowadays the city hosts the Hartenstein Airborne Museum, located in the 19th century mansion where was the headquarters of the British Airborne Division during the
Battle of Arnhem. <a href="http://en.airbornemuseum.nl/" target="_blank">Consult information.</a></div>
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<i>Defending Hartenstein, September 1944.</i></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">+ A</span><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">rnhem </span><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">:</span> </b><br />
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The Battle of Arnhem is probably the most mentioned one in books and movies of the entire operation. It
was the great failure of the allies. They didn't get to take the bridge
and finally on September 25 they had to announce his retirement.
The bridge, which was given the name of John Frost in honor of the
British military who participated as a lieutenant in command of
the 1st Division, was rebuilt after the war.</div>
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<i>The bridge today</i> . (See <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/NdxD0" target="_blank">location</a> )</div>
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<b>Sources:</b><br />
en.tracesofwar.com<br />
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The so-called Battle of Guadacanal or Operation Watchtower was the first
offensive launched by the Allies against the Empire of Japan on August
7, 1942 and lasted until February 9, 1943. It was one of the longest battles of the Pacific. 30,000 people died. U.S.
forces landed on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Florida with
the main objective of taking the airport to break the Empire base of the islands. There were several attacks that culminated with the Naval Battle of
Guadalcanal when the Japanese were forced to withdraw its troops after a
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<u>VISIT THE ISLAND GUADALCANAL</u><br />
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Solomon Islands tourism is quite expensive if we start from Europe (about 1300 euros the entire trip by plane). There are direct flights from <b>Brisbane (Australia)</b> , where the plane transfer should be done to reach the airport from <b>Honiara</b>, the capital of the island of Guadalcanal. The
Solomon Islands are tropical and full of wild vegetation. The islands keep a lot of war relics from the battle.<br />
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There are companies that offer battlefield tours around the islands. Please note that the currency is the <b>SBD</b> (Solomon Islands Dollar) and 1 SBD = 0.10 euros.<br />
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<b>Moving around Guadalcanal:</b> accessibility to certain areas of the island is not good, if we want to do it by public transport. Honiara has a network of taxis and buses but only goes through the main roads. Renting a car is almost essential if you want to explore the area. There are car rentals at the airport or at the city center.<br />
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More information about the islands: <a href="http://www.visitsolomons.com.sb/">http://www.visitsolomons.com.sb</a></div>
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<u>REMAINS OF THE BATTLE AND MEMORIALS</u><br />
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These are some things you can find on the island.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>Museum of World War II (Vilu War Museum):</b></span><b> </b></div>
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<b>Location </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/4pgmD">here</a> . <b> </b></div>
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<b>Normal ticket:</b> 25 SBD (2.5 euros) </div>
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This museum has many relics, such as vehicles, aircraft and weapons both
Japanese and American, extending the land occupied by the museum.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>American Memorial in Honiara:</b></span><br />
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<b> Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/fXaoa">here</a> .<br />
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Erected by the American Battle Monuments Commission to commemorate the Americans killed in the battle.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>The remains of the Kinugawa Maru </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/fGhfU">here</a> .</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">The
Kinugawa Maru ship belonging to the Japanese </span></span><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">Imperial </span></span>Navy's mission
was to land on the island of Guadalcanal in November 1942. It was discovered and sunk by American artillery fire. Today is only partially visible but can be seen in full scuba diving.</span></span></div>
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<i>It's remains today</i> ( <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo: <a href="http://www.diveshow.com.au/">http://www.diveshow.com.au</a></span> )</div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">Remains of American amphibious vehicles used in battle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;">Exhibition in school Betikama </span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is an outdoor museum with preserved vehicles and weapons from the battle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b> Memorial of the Battle of Bloody Ridge </b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">Erected on the hill where marine troops under the command of Merritt A. Edson defended the airfield.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/nlksH">here</a> . </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">Airfield Henderson Field was one of the most contentious objectives of the island </span></span><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">during the battle</span></span>. The Battle for Henderson Field took place in October 1942, and it was the last ground offensive by Japanese forces before their defeat. Today is the Honiara International Airport.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/enrwO">here</a> .</span></span><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">The beach where American troops first landed on August 7, 1942.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>Stage of the Battle of Tenaru</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><span style="background-color: white;">Among the Tenaru river mouth and the so-called Alligator Creek it happened the first Japanese ground offensive against U.S. forces. After
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<i>Fallen Japanese, Tenaru.</i></div>
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<a href="http://www.pacificwrecks.com/">http://www.pacificwrecks.com</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.visitsolomons.com.sb/">http://www.visitsolomons.com.sb/</a></div>
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<a href="http://en.tracesofwar.com/">http://en.tracesofwar.com/ </a><br />
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The camps of Mauthausen and Gusen belonged to a network of
concentration camps expanded throughout Austria and southern Germany. It is believed that the number of victims of these camps could reach 300,000. The camp work was based on a granite quarry where prisoners came to die working. Besides the camp had numerous methods of extermination, as gas chambers or cold showers.</div>
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<i>The camp network that belonged to Mauthausen</i> .<br />
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Mauthausen is known as the Spanish camp due to the large number of Republican exiles who were deported there. They came mostly from Vichy France and many of them were captured when they joined the French Resistance. Franco's government disowned them as Spanish and they were transferred to Mauthausen wearing the blue triangle of stateless people. <br />
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<i>Liberation of the camp in 1945.</i></div>
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The Mauthausen and Gusen camps are son close so you can visit both of them in the same day.<br />
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Nr9kY">here</a>.</div>
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<b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://www.mauthausen-memorial.at/">http://www.mauthausen-memorial.at</a></div>
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<b>Hours:</b> 9:00 to 17:30 (last admission 16:45)</div>
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<b>Normal ticket:</b> € 2</div>
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<b>Audioguides German / English:</b> 40 euro deposit</div>
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<b>Tours German / English:</b> Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at 14:00 (1 euro / person)</div>
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<li>The field is located in Austria, between Vienna and Salzburg and it's 20 km away from Linz. If we go <b>by car</b> from Vienna or Salzburg we will have to take the <span style="background-color: white;">A1</span> and exit at Enns. Always follow the signs for <b>KZ-Gedenkstätte</b> .</li>
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<li>To arrive <b>by public transport</b> is not very well connected. You have to take a train to the town of Mauthausen. Once at the <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/qMR00">station Mauthasen</a> can either take a taxi to the field (4 km separate it from the station) or take the <b>bus 360</b> (departs from the station every hour) stop at <span dir="ltr" id="place-title"><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/zaQVc">Linzer Straße / Wasserwerk</a> and then walk 2 km to the entrance. </span><span dir="ltr" id="place-title">You can click <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/kshCx">here</a> to see what the whole journey on foot from the station to the field.</span></li>
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<b>Check train times and routes: </b> <a href="http://www.bahn.com/i/view/ESP/es/index.shtml">http://www.bahn.com/i/view/ESP/es/index.shtml </a><br />
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<i>Entrance</i> ( <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucignolobrescia" title="User: Lucignolobrescia">Lucignolobrescia</a></span> )<br />
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Because of its structure, the field has remained quite well since its release in 1945. It has been changed due to its conversion into a memorial. In the 60's a cemetery was buit inside where the remains of the victims were buried. The visit provides access to all its facilities, including the old quarry, the gas chambers and crematoria. The website offers a small <a href="http://www.mauthausen-memorial.at/int/es/index.php?id=34">virtual tour</a> explaining every point in the plane.</div>
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<b>From March 12 to May 5, 2013</b> both the gas chambers and the crematoria will be closed due to reforms. On May 6, 2013 they will open two new historical exhibits and a new memorial, " <b>The Hall of Names</b> ".</div>
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<i>Gas chamber</i> ( <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Lucignolobrescia" title="User: Lucignolobrescia">Lucignolobrescia</a></span> )</div>
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The stairs of death at Mauthausen. Prisioners had to go up this staircase of 186 more than ten times a day loaded with stone blocks. Many died exhausted.</div>
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<b>Official website: </b><a href="http://www.gusen-memorial.at/">http://www.gusen-memorial.at/ </a><b> </b></div>
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From 1 April to 30 September: Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 to 17:30, Saturday and Sunday from 9: 30 to 17:30<br />
From 1 October to 31 March: Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 9:30 to 17:30<br />
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<b>How to get Gusen?</b> Indications are the same as those listed for Mauthausen but when yo take the bus 360 from the train station you will have to get off at <span dir="ltr" id="place-title"><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/EnJDp">b.Mauthausen Bachstraße Gusen</a></span><span dir="ltr" id="place-title"> stop, three stops more that the other one.</span></div>
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This camp is much less traveled by tourists than Mauthausen. In 2004 they opened an exhibition about the life in the camp, from 1939 to 1945.</div>
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In the map you can see the structure of the camp. The official website shows in detail what is in each point.</div>
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In the summer of 1945, the Empire of Japan suffered a nuclear attack by the United States, ordered by the President Truman. On August 6, the bomb Little Boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima and on August 9 the Fat Man bomb on Nagasaki. It is estimated that both nuclear weapons took the lives of 220,000 people. Furthermore,
the effects of radiation on the surviving population caused serious health problems, including numerous cases of fatal cancer.</div>
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Once in Hiroshima we can take a train ride to Nagasaki changing at Hakata (about 3 hours).</div>
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For <b>schedules and train tickets</b> in Japan there is a page that I recommend:</div>
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<i>Hiroshima 1945/Hiroshima 2006</i> ( <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo der.: <a class="extiw" href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Voogd075" title="nl: User: Voogd075">Voogd075</a></span> )</div>
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<i>Map of the spread of fire caused by the bomb in Hiroshima.</i></div>
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<b> Location</b> : <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/OEnlj">here</a>. <b> </b><br />
<b>Tram stop:</b> Genbaku Dome Station. <b> </b><br />
<b>Virtual Tour of the memorial: </b><br />
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The Peace Memorial houses the ruins of the adjacent buildings to the center of the explosion in commemoration to the victims.<br />
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<i>Panoramic of Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima. </i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(photo: <a class="new" href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Deanpemberton&action=edit&redlink=1" title="User: Deanpemberton (page does not exist)">Dean S</a> )</span></div>
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<i>Dome Genbaku before 1945, following the explosion and as it looks today.</i><br />
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<b>Location: </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/tTho6">here</a> . <b> </b><br />
<b>Tram stop:</b> Fukoromachi / Genbaku Dome <b> </b><br />
<b>Official Website: </b><a href="http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html">http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/index_e2.html </a><br />
<b>Opening</b> <b>hours</b> (admission until half an hour before closing):<br />
From 1 March to 31 November : 8:30-18:00<br />
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<b>Admission:</b> 50 yen (0.50 euros)
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Bunker after the pump in 1945 and at present.</div>
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<i>Nagasaki before and after the bombing.</i></div>
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<b> Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/L6Pty">here</a> . <b> </b><br />
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This memorial represents the exact spot where the bomb exploded.<br />
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Park memorial commemorating the victims of the Second World War, especially those who died after the explosion.</div>
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<li><b>Complete guide</b> dedicated to the historical sites of Normandy, created by the <a href="http://www.normandiememoire.com/">Association Normandie Mémoire</a> with details of museums and monuments. You can download it in pdf.</li>
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<li><b> 2013 Tourist Guide of Normandy: </b><span class="">The delegation of </span><a href="http://www.bessin-normandie.com/"><span class="">Bessin Normandy</span></a><span class=""> tourism published in its official website</span><b><span class=""> a pdf of 2013 Normandy travel guide in English</span></b><span class="">. </span>The guide contains information on the landing beaches, museums, restaurants and accommodation, as well as maps of the region. For a free guide is quite complete and brings a calendar of events that includes the <b>d-day festival</b> . Click the image to download the pdf.</li>
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<li><b>Normandy sites and monuments guide: </b>We can find it at <a href="http://www.normandie-tourisme.fr/">http://www.normandie-tourisme.fr</a><b>. </b>As you can see there are lots of places to visit.</li>
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<li><b>Dossier</b> with a<b> </b>map showing museums and monuments. It also includes a map of Normandy with military operations, objectives and assaults. Click the image to access the full pdf<b> (in Spanish)</b>.</li>
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<li><b>Website</b> where we find a
very complete alphabetical list of towns and cities with all the museums
and monuments of World War II in Normandy: <a href="http://www.normandie44lamemoire.com/">http://www.normandie44lamemoire.com/</a></li>
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<span class="">This is a museum placed in a bunker. </span>It belongs to the Imperial War Museum in London. The war rooms were built in 1938 as a measure against future possible air attacks. After the outbreak of the war the government center with Churchill in command was transferred to the basement. Located in the Treasury building in Westminster, just a short walk away from Big Ben. </div>
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The tour has two parts. On one hand the tour of the
bunker with recreations of all the rooms and on the other hand a large exhibition
hall dedicated to Churchill, exhibiting documents, videos and photos
from his youth until his funeral. It shows the personality of the former British prime minister during World War II.<br />
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In the spring of 1940, the Katyn Forest witnessed the massacre of 20,000
Polish officers and civilians accused of spying by the NKVD. The slaughter was carried out under the command of Stalin but the Soviets attributed to Germany. It
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For Poles is a cursed place since, in 2010, President Kaczynski and 95
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<b>Official website: </b> <a href="http://www.katyn-memorial.ru/">http://www.katyn-memorial.ru </a><br />
<b>Opening hours:</b> 9:00 to 17:00<br />
<b>Guided tour:</b> 800 rubles (20 euros) <b> </b><br />
<b>Museum admission:</b> 50 rubles (1.25 euros)<br />
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The memorial complex was inaugurated in 2000. It consists of a large cemetery, some monuments and a museum. All Polish officers killed in the slaughter of Katyn were buried in mass graves in June. Part of the cemetery is Russian and here are buried more than 6,000 victims of the Soviet Great Purge of 1930.<br />
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/W2mCf">here</a> .<br />
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Located in Russia 400 km away from Moscow and 320 km away from Minsk. The
railway line that links Moscow (Belarus station) to Minsk (Minsk station
Pas) passes through Smolensk, 20 km away from Katyn. The journey takes about 4-5 hours from both cities. <b> </b></div>
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Once in Smolensk you can take the bus #101 (Smetanino direction) to Kozyi Goryy. A sign indicates: "Memorial Polskim ofitseram pogibshim v Katyni".<br />
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<a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/russia/western-european-russia/katyn-forest/transport/getting-there-away">http://www.lonelyplanet.com/russia/western-european-russia/katyn-forest/transport/getting-there-away</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.archives.gov/research/foreign-policy/katyn-massacre/">http://www.archives.gov/research/foreign-policy/katyn-massacre/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.katyn.org.au/">http://www.katyn.org.au/</a><br />
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Prora was a residential complex built between 1936 and 1939 by the KdF (Strength through Joy). They
wanted to build a holiday resort with a capacity for 20,000 people with
theater, cinema and swimming pools intended that workers could spend
their holidays on the beach. This building is an example of architecture of the Third Reich.<br />
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At the beginning of the war the project was stopped and later during the
Allied bombing, some of its buildings were used as a refuge for Germans from Hamburg. At the end of the war it was used as a home to female auxiliary staff of the Luftwaffe. In 1945, the Soviet army took the region and they established a military base in block 5 of Prora. They remained until 1955.<br />
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In recent years it has been empty and abandoned until it was sold to a group of investors. Since
2000, the center hosts the Prora documentation center, which currently has an exhibition about the history of the site and from July 2011 the northern part of the
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<b>Photo Gallery of indoors: </b></div>
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<b>Official Website: </b><a href="http://www.proradok.de/">http://www.proradok.de</a></div>
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March, April, May, September and October: 10:00-18 :00</div>
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June, July, August: 9:30-19:00 <br />
November, December, January, February: 10:00-16:00 <b> </b></div>
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<b>Guided tours (in German):</b> 11:45 and 14:30<br />
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Ui1sH">here</a></div>
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Prora is on the <b>island of Rugen</b> , Northern Germany. It can be reached by car or train. There is a train that goes directly from Stralsund-Bergen station to Prora Nord station. From Berlin, changing at Stralsund you can get to Prora in four hours. </div>
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The history of the Soviet gulag system (labor camps run by the NKVD) goes from 1917 to 1991. <span class="">In general, prisoners were common criminals, political prisoners and anyone who showed opposition to the state. </span><span class="">They were used, among other things, as labor to build infrastructure, felling trees and extract minerals from mines. </span><br />
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It was not until 1974, when <b>Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn</b> , a former Soviet prisoner, published a full story of the life in a Soviet camp in <b>The Gulag Archipelago</b>, which discloses the hidden reality of hard labor prisons.<br />
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Today, it is virtually impossible to visit most of these areas, as many of them are lost in Siberian taiga where there are no roads. There's just one in Russia, the Perm'36, open to the public as a museum. In addition, there is one prison bunker in Lithuania where they have created a "theme park" called 1984
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<u>MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL REPRESSION PERM '36</u><br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/p391a">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://www.perm36.ru/">http://www.perm36.ru</a></div>
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<b>Hours:</b> 10:00-17:00 (closed on Mondays)</div>
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<b>Normal ticket:</b> 50 rubles (1.25 euros)</div>
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<b>Guided tour:</b> 350 rubles (8.80 euros)</div>
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For groups an English guide can be requested for 1500 rubles (37.70 euros) per group.</div>
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<b>How to reach the Perm '36? </b> Located 100 km away from the city of Perm (Russia), where it's quite easy to get by train (though long) from Moscow as it is in the <b>Trans-Siberian</b> route. Once in Perm you can rent a car and follow the route indicated on the map or go to the camp by public transport. We
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200 rubles (5 euros), and from there take a bus to Kutchino (<span class="" dir="ltr">Кучино), or go by train to Chusovoy and there take the bus to Kutchino. </span></div>
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<span class="" dir="ltr">The Gulag Perm '36 was founded in 1946 under the order of Stalin. It remained open until 1985, when Gorbachev decided to end the prison regime. Here, there were prisioners as <b>Varlam Shalamov</b> , author of <b>Tales from Kolyma</b> . Thanks
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<u>1984 - SURVIVAL DRAMA IN A SOVIET BUNKER</u><br />
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/PsvtO">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://www.sovietbunker.com/">http://www.sovietbunker.com</a></div>
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<b>Entrance to the underground bunker Museum:</b> 30 litas (8.70 euros) per person.</div>
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<b>Participating in recreation:</b> 1500 litas (435 euros) per group of up to 25 people. For more than 25, each additional person will pay 84 litas (24 euros.)</div>
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<b>How to reach the</b><b> 1984</b><b> bunker?</b> It's 30 km away from Vilnius. You will have to drive or negotiate transport with the organizers. You can take the 102 to Nemencine and hence the road to Buivydžiai. At 5 km, just past the river, you will see a turning on the right signposted by a red sign indicating the bunker.</div>
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As they explained in the project site it was created to reach people the
rawness of Soviet repression and prison life in the gulag. Museum admission allows the access to a secret underground bunker of two levels.<br />
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The price of recreation includes: 3 hours of representation in Russian
with some English words, special clothes, Soviet
prisoner lunch / dinner, a certificate and a gift from the shop. Upon arrival, participants were greeted by guards with dogs and they remove all personal effects, money, cameras, mobile ... and they are given a typical Soviet coats. Visitors
are introduced as prisoners to a recreation of 1984, with typical
decorated shops and televisions, they are forced to learn the anthem of
the USSR, they are interrogated by the KGB and allowed to try to escape.<br />
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Attention to one of the input clauses: "The instructions must be
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dogs and learn the Russian national anthem, this is your place.<br />
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Three months before the 69th anniversary of the Normandy landings, the program of the D-DAY festival has just come out. In
case anyone doesn't know what this is about, it is a festival celebrated each year in Normandy to commemorate the landing. <span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">The festival brings together</span> <span class="hps">veterans</span><span class="">, families, offers</span></span> parades, reenactments, walkings, concerts... Highly recommended for anyone interested in the D-Day.</div>
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<i>Official festival poster 2013</i><br />
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You can download the program (in French) <a href="http://www.bessin-normandie.com/upload/actualite/3dday_festival_ndy_secteur_mythique-pre-programme-27fevrier2013.pdf">here</a> . The English version will be available in a few days at: <a href="http://www.bessin-normandie.com/">http://www.bessin-normandie.com</a> .</div>
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<span class="">In addition, they are already announcing the next year's festival, which will be more spectacular as it will </span><span class=""><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">commemorate</span> </span>the 70th
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Colditz Castle, a former mental hospital, was used under the control of
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high rank. Its official designation was <b>Oflag IVc</b> .<br />
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It became a high security prison because some prisoners were known for their attempts to escape. It was said that there were more guards than prisoners. Still, there were several flights but mostly failed. The punishment for attempted escape was the isolation cell.</div>
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One of the more ambitious scape plans was conducted by the pilots Bill Goldfinch and Jack Best. With the help of several prisoners they built a glider from wood scraps and stolen sleeping bags. They wanted to launch from the roof of the chapel, which was hidden from the view of the Germans. The war ended before they could carry out the plan. There is a replica of the glider at the <b>Imperial War Museum</b> in London.</div>
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Many of these flights are reflected in the books of the British Captain
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<u>GETTING TO COLDITZ?</u><br />
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The castle is located in the town of Colditz in Saxony, eastern Germany,
50 km away from Leipzig, 75 km away fron Dresden and 230 km away from Berlin. You can fly easily to any of these cities and rent a car to get Colditz.
To go by train you have to get to the <b>station </b><b>Großbothen</b> (direct trains from Leipzig) and from there take a taxi or a bus to Colditz or get to the <b>station Grimma</b> and there take the bus #619 in the direction of Rochlitz (check <a href="http://www.pvm-mtl.de/linien/619r_u.pdf">here</a> the schedule).<br />
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For trains and times: <a href="http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml">http://www.bahn.de/p/view/index.shtml</a><br />
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From Leipzig, there is also a <b>shuttle bus</b> that runs every hour. This bus is the #690 and you can take it in the Leipzig train station but it <b>only runs Monday to Friday</b> . On weekends you will have to combine train and bus.<br />
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<u>ACCOMMODATION IN THE CASTLE</u></div>
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If you want to spend a night in the castle beacuse of today it houses a youth hostel: the <b>Colditz Youth Hostel</b> (DHJ Jugendherberge Schloss Colditz). You can stay there from 22 euros. You will have to book in advance through the official website: <a href="http://www.colditz.jugendherberge.de/">http://www.colditz.jugendherberge.de</a> clicking on " <b>Inquiries & Buchen</b> "on the right side of the screen. It will
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group, family, or individual, if you're more or less than 26 year old and the dates. If you want a single or a double room you should make a reservation well in advance.</div>
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Click <a href="http://www.jugendherberge-sachsen.de/fileadmin/downloads/pdf/preisblaetter_2013/colditz_e_2013_web.pdf">here</a> for a pdf with all the information about the hostel (in English).<br />
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<b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://www.schloss-colditz.com/">http://www.schloss-colditz.com</a></div>
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From April to October: 10:00-17:00 (guided tours at 10:30 / 13:00 /
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From November to March: 10:00-16:00 (guided tours at 11:00 / 14:30)</div>
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<b>Closed</b> from 24 to 26 December, 31 December and 1 January.</div>
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<b>Admission to the escape museum:</b> 4 euros</div>
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The last years, the castle has undergone numerous restorations aimed at tourism purposes. This issue has brought controversial because many people believe it should be preserved as it was then, even if it means deterioration. It also houses a museum and a hostel. The museum collects personal belongings of prisoners, documents, recreations of rooms ... You can visit the cells of prisoners, the different rooms and the escape tunnel to get an idea of the life at the camp.</div>
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<i>Tunnel</i> ( <span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colditz_Schloss_Fluchttunnel.jpg">Wikimedia Commons</a></span> )</div>
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If you want to see a <b>video gallery</b> of the rooms of the castle you can click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/virtualcolditz/videos?view=0">here</a> .<br />
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<b>Sources: </b><br />
<a href="http://www.virtualcolditz.com/aims.html">http://www.virtualcolditz.com/aims.html</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.colditz-4c.com/">http://www.colditz-4c.com</a></div>
<a href="http://www.colditzcastle.net/">http://www.colditzcastle.net </a><br />
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The island of Iwo Jima, now called IOTO (sulfur island) was the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. The
U.S. Marines landed in February 1945 and fought against the Japanese
Imperial forces until March, when they finally managed to conquer the
island. The Japanese resistance was extreme, which led them to lose almost all his men.</div>
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On this island, at the top of Mount Suribachi, it was made the famous photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.<br />
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<u>VISITING IWO JIMA</u><br />
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Nowadays visiting Iwo Jima is almost impossible. It belongs to the army and there is only a naval base of the forces of Japan. No civilians live there. You can only go to Iwo Jima with an organized tour that visit the island once a year. The company <a href="http://www.miltours.com/">http://www.miltours.com</a>
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interested. They meet every year in Guam to commemorate the anniversary of the battle. From there, an airplane takes them to Iwo Jima. This tour departs from Los Angeles and the places are very limited because they have a single aircraft to fly to the island. The tour price is about $3500. </div>
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<u>REMAINS OF THE BATTLE AND MEMORIALS OF IWO JIMA </u></div>
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Here I show you some of the things that you can find on the island today. There are many more relics of the battle. The land is full of caves, bunkers, artillery and grenade shrapnel damage.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b>American Memorial Iwo Jima</b> :</span></div>
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<b>Location: </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/HwWjl">here</a> .<br />
The memorial is situated where the American flag was raised on February 12, 1945. It commemorates the valor and sacrifice of the Marines.</div>
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The beach where American troops entered the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Division on February 19, 1945.</div>
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/5eogp">here</a> .</div>
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Here were treated the Japanese soldiers wounded in battle.</div>
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This work of art was created by the Navy Seabee few days after the end of the battle. It represents the flag raising on Mount Suribachi.</div>
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M4A3 Sherman tank belonging to the 4th Tank Battalion. He was eliminated during the battle.</div>
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It lies north of Mount Suribachi.</div>
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<a href="http://en.tracesofwar.com/">http://en.tracesofwar.com</a><br />
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On December 7, 1941 the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor. They wanted to weaken the Pacific Fleet to prevent a possible military intervention in their actions. Since this day, the United States joined the World War II. On December 8, the United States declared war on the Empire of Japan.</div>
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<i>Photograph taken from a Japanese aircraft at the beginning of the attack.</i><br />
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In the attack, deployed in two parts involving fighter jets, bombers
and torpedo boats, eight American battleships were damaged, four of
them came to sink. 2,402 Americans died and 1,282 were injured.</div>
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<i>The USS Arizona burning.</i><br />
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<u>GETTING TO PEARL HARBOR?</u><br />
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The bay of Pearl Harbor is on the <b>island of Oahu (Hawaii)</b> , about 15 km west of the capital Honolulu. Honolulu Airport is accessible from almost anywhere in the world, but you will only get cheap flights from America. Most tourists travel first to the West Coast or Latin America and from there they take a flight to the islands.</div>
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<i>Honolulu.</i><br />
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Once in Honolulu, you can easily find a rental car to explore the island or you can get Pearl Harbor by public transport. Many
hotels have shuttle buses that take their hosts to the memorial complex, as it is one of the major tourist attractions of the island. It is advisable to ask for these services.<br />
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If you go by car there are many signs to get the place. If you stay in <b>Waikiki Beach</b>
(one of the most turistic areas because of its paradise coast)
you can reach the entrance to the Visitor Centre by bus #20 or bus #42 or by car
taking the H1 highway leaving the airport behind and taking the 15A exit which indicates
"Arizona Memorial / Stadium" (not the previous one that indicates "Pearl Harbor naval
base"). You will only have to follow the signs for "Pearl Harbor Historic Sites". For a Honolulu bus routes check <a href="http://www.thebus.org/">www.thebus.org</a><cite>.</cite><br />
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<u>PEARL HARBOR VISITOR CENTRE </u></div>
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<b>Location </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/3czlR">here </a><b>.</b></div>
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<b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://www.pacifichistoricparks.org/phh_park_info.php">http://www.pacifichistoricparks.org/phh_park_info.php</a><b> </b></div>
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<b>Opening hours:</b> 7:00 to 17:00
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The duration of the visit to Arizona with the documentary is estimated 1h15min.</div>
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<b>Free entrance and parking.</b></div>
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It's not allowed to enter <b>any part of the historic site</b> with luggage, bags (even the camera's bag), backpack or purse. There are lockers at the entrance where you can leave them for $ 3.<br />
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Your visit will have to start at this point that is where you will obtain access and passes to all the memorials and museums. Your ticket will give you access to the 23-minute documentary video about the attack and the ship that takes you to the USS Arizona. In high season, especially in the summer months, there are long queues and be aware that the tickets are limited. Therefore, it is better to <b>get your ticket online</b> from <a href="http://www.recreation.gov/tourDetails.do?contractCode=NRSO&parkId=72369&tourId=317399&cat=1">this page</a> . Although the admission is free you will be charged <b>$ 1.50</b> for the cost of the service but it's worth it.<br />
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Here you can find visit several exhibitions as "Path to War" and "Attack". Also we can visit the memorials to victims.<br />
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<u>USS ARIZONA</u></div>
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<b>Opening hours of the ships to the memorial:</b> 8:00 to 15:00</div>
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This battleship was badly damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Such damage was irreparable. The memorial stands on the location where the USS Arizona is sunk. From here you can see the remains of the ship. Even one of its chimneys rises to the surface. Inside the memorial you can find a wall with the names of all the victims who fell there.<br />
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<i>Aerial view where you can see the battleship sunk beneath the memorial.</i><br />
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<u>USS BOWFIN SUBMARINE MUSEUM</u></div>
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<b>Location </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/lT9L1">here </a><b>. </b><br />
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<b>Opening hours:</b> 7:00 to 17:00 (last admission to the submarine at 16:30)</div>
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<b>Closed Thanksgiving, December 25 and January 1.</b><br />
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USS Bowfin was one of the most emblematic submarines of the Pacific. It was launched on December 7, 1942 (just a year after the attack). It was born as the "Pearl Harbor Avenger".<br />
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<i>Cabin inside the submarine </i> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stan_Shebs" title="User: Stan Shebs">Stan Shebs</a> )</span><br />
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The ticket gives access to both the museum and the submarine. Outside the museum you can find a memorial to the 52 fallen American
submarines during World War II, the Regulus missile that exceptionally
was used to send mails to Florida, and the modified Japanese torpedo
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<i>Regulus </i> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(Photo: <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:J_JMesserly" title="User: J JMesserly">J JMesserly</a> )</span></div>
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In the indoor exhibitions we can find one dedicated to the battle flags of the
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<u>USS MISSOURI</u></div>
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<b>Location </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/WQWTo">here</a>. <b> </b><br />
<b>Official website: </b><a href="http://www.ussmissouri.com/">http://www.ussmissouri.com </a><b> </b><br />
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From September to May: 8:00 to 16:00
June to August: 8:00-17:00 <b> </b><br />
<b>Closed on Thanksgiving, Dec. 25 and January 1. </b><b> </b><br />
<b>Admission with an optional guided tour</b>: $ 22<br />
You can buy tickets at the Visitor Center office or buy them online without queues <a href="http://www.ussmissouri.org/page.aspx?pid=748">here</a> .<br />
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The USS Missouri is in the <b>Ford Island</b> . There are shuttle buses every 15 minutes that will take you there through a bridge. You can take the behind the USS Bowfin museum.
This battleship was launched in January 1944. It was the last battleship built by the United States. On September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay, aboard the USS Missouri <i>,</i>
the representatives of the Allied and Axis Powers met in solemn ceremony to reach an agreement to restore peace. You can visit it on a tour on your own or choose one of the proposed tours (you can check the <a href="http://www.ussmissouri.com/page.aspx?pid=441">web</a> to see the options).</div>
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<u>PACIFIC AVIATION MUSEUM </u><br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/PggnG">here</a>. <b> </b><br />
<b>Official website:</b> <a href="http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/">http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org </a><br />
<b>Opening hours:</b> 9:00 to 17:00<br />
<b>Closed on Thanksgiving, December 25 and January 1. </b><b> </b><br />
<b>Admission:</b> from $ 15 ($ 5 more to visit the hangar 79 and 10 $ extra for the air combat simulators)<br />
Tickets can be purchased at the Visitor Center, in the museum's own box office, or online through <a href="http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/buytickets">the web</a>.<br />
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Located in <b>Ford Island</b> . There are shuttle buses every 15 minutes that take you there through a bridge. You can take them behind the USS Bowfin museum.
The visit of the museum begins with a 12 minutes screening of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The collection includes a large number of aircrafts, some of them survived the attack. You can see the collection in <a href="http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/exhibits/aircrafts">the web</a> . It also has some flight simulators that allow us to recreate a dogfight.</div>
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<u>USS OKLAHOMA MEMORIAL </u><br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/MUT92">here</a> . <b> </b><br />
<b>Official website: </b><a href="http://www.ussoklahoma.com/Pearl_Memorial.html">http://www.ussoklahoma.com/Pearl_Memorial.html</a><br />
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Located in <b>Ford Island</b> . There are shuttle buses every 15 minutes that take you there through a bridge. You can take them behind the USS Bowfin museum.
USS Oklahoma received three torpedoes during the Japanese attack. Finally it sank. In addition, the crew were shot while fleeing. In 1942 the work of refloating began and it was repaired. It took months to get it.</div>
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The memorial commemorates the 429 crew members who lost their lives in the battleship.<br />
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<u>MEMORIAL USS UTAH </u><br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/NpXKR">here</a> .<br />
<b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://ussutah.org/">http://ussutah.org</a><br />
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Located in <b>Ford Island</b> . There are shuttle buses every 15 minutes that take you there through a bridge. You can take them behind the USS Bowfin museum.
The USS Utah was one of the battleships sunk at Pearl Harbor. Like the USS Arizona, his remains lie under the memorial and they can be observed.<br />
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<u>PUNCHBOWL NATIONAL CEMETERY </u><br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/H1RZy">here</a> . <b> </b><br />
<b>Official website: </b><a href="http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/nmcp.asp">http://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/nmcp.asp </a><b> </b><br />
<b>Opening hours:</b><br />
From September 30 to March 1: 8:00 to 17:30<br />
From March 2 to September 29: 8:00 to 18:30<br />
<b>Free admission.</b><br />
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It's located in downtown Honolulu. The bus #15 stops right next to the entrance. You can check its route and schedules here: <a href="http://www.thebus.org/">www.thebus.org</a> .
It's also known as the <b>National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific</b> . It is a memorial cemetery to those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, including the victims of Pearl Harbor. In the ground there are buried veterans of WWI, WWII, Vietnam or Korea. It has lots of visitors and it's considered one of the main attractions of Honolulu.</div>
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Stalag Luft III was a prisoner of war camp built in 1942 and it was directly controlled by the High Command of the Luftwaffe. It was part of the network of Zagan camps. It was the last one established in the adjacent area to Stalag VIIIC, in the East. At
first, most of the prisoners were from the British Royal Air Force and
American pilots but they were gradually arriving pilots of various
nationalities. They became a total of 10,494 prisoners.</div>
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<i> Prisoners in a small plantation in front of the barracks.</i></div>
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Stalag Luft III was famous for the escape attempts. The
biggest one was organized by a secret committee "X" established by the
prisoners in the spring of 1943 and led by the Commander Roger Bushell. They built three tunnels, "Tom", "Dick" and "Harry". Tom was going to be the main escape tunnel, Harry and Dick the plan B in case the Germans were able to learn their plans. Tom was discovered 5 months later so they had to escape through Harry. The flight took place the night of March 24, 1944. Eighty prisoners managed to escape from the camp through the 111 meters tunnel. When it was discovered what was happening and the alarm was raised, four prisoners were caught inside the tunnel. They began an exhaustive search throughout the country and managed to hunt down another 73. Only three of the prisoners managed to escape and return to their countries. In retaliation, under direct orders of Hitler, 50 of the escapees were shot.<br />
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In 1963, this story was filmed by John Sturges with Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough, among others. If this movie fascinates you as much as me and you want to visit what remains of the Stalag here are some tips for your trip.<br />
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<u>GETTING TO STALAG LUFT III</u></div>
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The Stalag Luft III is in <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/wOqPq"><b>Zagan</b></a>
, a small town in southwestern Poland, where there are no tourists and no
one speaks a word of English. It's convenient that you bring a map printed, the accommodation booked if you want to stay
overnight and the transport cheked before you go. If we go through the day it is best to hire a car from any major city. It is very close to Germany, from cities such as Dresden or Berlin it can be reached in less than two hours. It
also has a train station and a bus that communicates with some cities
both Poland and Germany, but in general will have to make more than one
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<li>Polish railway network: <a href="http://rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en?">http://rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en?</a></li>
<li>Trains from Germany: <a href="http://www.bahn.com/">http://www.bahn.com</a></li>
<li>Bus company (in Polish): <a href="http://www.busportal.pl/">http://www.busportal.pl</a></li>
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<b>From </b> <b>Wroclaw</b>, 165km away, is easy to get Zagan by public transport. We can return the same day by train or bus:</div>
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<li><b>By train</b> we can catch a train from the main station in Wroclaw ( <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/cWrhq">Wroclaw Glówny</a> ) to <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/zOvZw">Zagan station</a> . There are direct trains that reach Zagan in 2h 20min. If you want to return the same day you will have to check <a href="http://rozklad-pkp.pl/bin/query.exe/en?">here</a> for the trains schedule.</li>
<li><b>By bus:</b> there are buses from the company PKS (Żary direction) <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7310956723480858008"> </a>from the <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/6VLxk">main bus station in Wroclaw</a> to <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/fcY4p">Zagan station</a> (some of them has a first stop in Piłsudskiego Street). They depart at 07:40 and arrive at the Zagan station at 11:05. The ticket price is of 36.50 zlotys (about 9 euros) round. If
you want to return the same day by bus, in the same station there is one bus at 17:20 that leaves you back in Wroclaw at 20:15. You can check <a href="http://www.busportal.pl/busy/rozklad.php">here</a> the route and schedule. These services may not travel every day of the week. You'll have to check in advance. Bus schedule:</li>
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<b>From Poznan,</b> 200km away, there
are buses that take you to Zagan (no trains) but you will have to spend the
night there because of the schedule. There is one train that departs at 15:30 and arrives at 19:25. Another one leaves at 17:50 and arrives at 21:40. Both of them depart from the <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/zzA7M">main bus station</a> . The ticket price is 43 zlotys (about 11 euros). Check <a href="http://www.pks.poznan.pl/">here</a> to check routes and schedules.</div>
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<b>Once in Zagan to reach the camp:</b>
in front of the bus station you can take the local bus (to Gozdnica or
Iłowa direction) and get off at the stop "Modernbud", 300 meters away from the
camp. You can also catch the local bus (to Wesola direction) and get off at the stop Staszica, about 250 meters away from the camp. From the train station to the camp, you can take a taxi (I don't know if there is any bus that takes you to the camp). If you want to walk the camp is 4 km away. <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/CAi0m">See route</a> .</div>
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<u>ACCOMMODATION IN ZAGAN</u><br />
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You can check <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.es/Hotels-g1074311-Zagan_Lubusz_Province_Western_Poland-Hotels.html">here</a> the list of hotels and hostels. In general both the accommodation and food are cheap in Poland so the prices per night are quite affordable.<br />
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<u>THE MUSEUM OF THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP</u><br />
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<b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://www.muzeum.eline2.serwery.pl/">http://www.muzeum.eline2.serwery.pl</a></div>
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<b>Location: </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/FUAHB">here</a> .<b> </b></div>
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<b>Closed from 25/12 to 01/01. </b></div>
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Saturday and Sunday: 10:00-17:00</div>
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It was founded in 1971 on the former site of Stalag VIIIC to commemorate the victims of the POW camps Zagan. The
museum displays personal belongings of prisoners (photos, letters,
documents ...), models of the fields, recreations of the interiors of
the barracks, one of the tunnels, a watchtower ... Furthermore, we find memorials to victims.</div>
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<i>Interior room of the museum.</i></div>
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<i>Model of Stalag Luft III.</i></div>
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<i>Memorial entrance.</i></div>
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<i>Tunnel and turret model in front of the museum.</i></div>
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Surrounding the museum there are the few remains of Stalag Luft III. Also, you can find a memorial to those killed and a
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<i>Former site of the barracks.</i></div>
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<i>Memorial to the 50.</i></div>
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In the remains of Harry there is a stone with the inscription "Prisoners of
Stalag Luft III Allied pilots who participated in the Great Escape",
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<i>Harry's exit.</i></div>
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<b>Sources: </b><br />
<a href="http://www.inyourpocket.com/">http://www.inyourpocket.com </a><br />
<a href="http://www.emolachance.com/index.html">http://www.emolachance.com/index.html </a><br />
<a href="http://www.b24.net/pow/">http://www.b24.net/pow/</a>
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After the Allied landings in France on June 6, 1944, the French
partisans began a series of actions such as the kidnapping of the SS Colonel <b>Helmut Kampfe</b>. The commander <b>Diekman</b> was sent to Oradour by false information which indicated that the colonel was held in the village. Feeling frustrated by being cheated, he ordered the murder of all the inhabitants of Oradour. 642 people died. All men were called and were taken taken to shelters where they were shot and burned. They also locked all the women and children in the church and set fire. Only six people survived the slaughter. The whole village disappeared. He
reconstructed the town around the original but keeping intact the scene of the
massacre, as a memorial and reminder of the horrors of war. Today, we can visit this ghost village and walk the streets as they were left after the June 10, 1944. This area is called the <b>Village Martyr</b> .<br />
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<u>GETTING TO ORADOUR</u></div>
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<li><b>By car:</b> click <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/4HTEz">here</a> to see the location. Roads in France are pretty good so it's the easiest way to arrive there.</li>
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<li><b>By train:</b> from many cities you can take the <a href="http://www.voyages-sncf.co.uk/">TGV train</a> to <b>Limoges</b>. From Limoges there are buses that leave leave you in half an hour to the Oradour's center of memory. You can check <a href="http://www.oradour.org/sites/default/files/uploads/actus/RDV%20centre/bus-oradour.pdf">here</a> the bus schedule.</li>
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<li><b>By air: Limoges</b> has an airport. There are flights from <b>Paris (Orly)</b> with TwinJet (1h10min) or with <a href="http://www.ryanair.com/es">Ryanair</a> from <b>London or Liverpool</b> (1h40min) for low cost. Another option is to take a plane to <b>Bordeaux</b> . Once in Bordeaux there are direct trains to Limoges for about 30 euros ( <b>2h 30min</b> ). You can check schedules and prices <a href="http://www.voyages-sncf.co.uk/">here</a> . From Limoges to Oradour by <a href="http://www.oradour.org/sites/default/files/uploads/actus/RDV%20centre/bus-oradour.pdf">bus</a> (30min).</li>
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<u>ACOMMODATION IN ORADOUR</u><br />
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If you want to spend the night in Oradour itself there is not much choice. You have the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.es/Hotel_Review-g488286-d499938-Reviews-Hotel_de_la_Glane-Oradour_sur_Glane_Haute_Vienne_Limousin.html">Glane Hotel </a> beside the Village Martyr and the b&b <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.es/Hotel_Review-g488286-d2266140-Reviews-Le_Moulin_de_La_Fauvette-Oradour_sur_Glane_Haute_Vienne_Limousin.html">Le Moulin de la Fauvette</a> 2km. If you prefer to stay in Limoges there is a lot <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.es/Hotels-g187159-Limoges_Haute_Vienne_Limousin-Hotels.html">more variety</a> . Also if you stay here you can go to the <a href="http://www.ville-limoges.fr/index.php/fr/culture/les-structures-culturelles/le-musee-de-la-resistance">Resistance Museum</a> .</div>
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<u>THE CENTER OF THE MEMORY ORADOUR</u><br />
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<b>Location</b> : <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/aACco">here</a> . <b> </b></div>
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<b>Official website: </b><a href="http://www.oradour.org/">http://www.oradour.org </a><b> </b></div>
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<b>Openning hours: </b>(last admission one hour before closing)</div>
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From 1 February to 28 February: <b>9:00-17:00</b></div>
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From 1 March to 15 May : 9:00-18:00</div>
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From 16 May to 15 September: 9:00-19:00</div>
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From 16 September to 31 October: 9:00-18:00</div>
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From 1 November to 15 December: 9:00-17:00</div>
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<b>Admission:</b> 7.80 euros <br />
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It opened in 1999. It is the main access to the Village Martyr. This is a museum created to commemorate both the history of Oradour as the German invasion of France. The
permanent exhibition "Understanding Oradour" includes a campus tour through
the years 1933-1944, the days June 9th and 10th 1944, the reconstruction of the
town and a universal message.</div>
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<u>THE VILLAGE MARTYR</u><br />
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The Village Martyr is the area which includes the ruins of the village. You enter through the Centre of the Memory but you can access the ruins without making the tour of the museum. The admission is free.<br />
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After the ruins, we find the cemetery where they buried the victims of the slaughter. You can also visit a memorial located in an underground crypt with objects found in the ruins of the buildings. It is located at the entrance of the cemetery.<br />
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If you travel to Belgium there are two interenting stops that you can make. Belgium is a small country and the distance between one place and another allows to make round trips in the same day. </div>
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<b> Location</b> here. It is located 115 km away from Brussels. <b> </b><br />
<b>Official website: </b><a href="http://www.fort-eben-emael.be/">http://www.fort-eben-emael.be</a><br />
<b>For individual visitors only open one weekend a month</b> . Dates vary each year. You can click <a href="http://www.fort-eben-emael.be/en/visit/visitor-information">here</a> to see what they are. <br />
Open to visitor groups all year except holidays listed on <a href="http://www.fort-eben-emael.be/en/visit/visitor-information">the web</a> . If you go in a group will have to book by filling <a href="http://www.fort-eben-emael.be/en/visit/reservation">this form</a> at least 15 days before your arrival. You can choose the language of the visit between English, French, German and Dutch. The
duration of the visit is from 1 hour (5 euros per person, minimum 60
euros per group) to 6 hours (12 euros per person, minimum 180 euros per
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<b>How get to fort Eben-Emael from Brussels?</b> You can rent a car in Brussels and take the E10 (see <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/CBQuV">full itinerary</a> ). To arrive by public transport the best option is to take a train from Brussels Central Station to <b>Tongeren</b> (for times <a href="http://www.belgianrail.be/en/Default.aspx">http://www.belgianrail.be/en/Default.aspx</a> ). The journey takes 1hr 50min. Once in Tongeren you have to take in front of the station the <b>bus 39</b> that will leave you at the fort in 30 min.<br />
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Eben-Emael was a fortress built as a defense against a possible German invasion. It
was completed in 1935 and its structure of steel and concrete made
the Allies think that it was impenetrable. They thought they would be able to stop the German
invasion long time. The German army carefully studied its structure and they even built a replica for assault practices. Finally, in 1940, 85 Fallschirmjäger landed on the roof of the fort by gliders. After
a strong assault managed to retain the Belgians until the arrival of a
German infantry division, they had to surrender. Today, the fort is still military property although the Association of Fort Eben-Emael allows the tours. <br />
The main weapons were distributed between turrets and casemates. It
is divided into: Blocks I, II, III, IV and V, Dome 120, North and South
Domes, Visé I and II, Maastricht I and II, North and South Canal,
Mi-North and South Block O1.<br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/dk5Cl">here</a> . It is 25 km away from Brussels.</div>
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Open every day except January 1, 24 and 25 December and the annual pilgrimage.<br />
<b>Official website: </b><a href="http://www.breendonk.be/">http://www.breendonk.be </a><b> </b><br />
<b>Opening hours:</b> 9:30 to 17:30 (last admission 16:30) <b> </b><br />
<b>Admission:</b> 7 euros<br />
The duration of the visit is estimated a minimum of 2 hours. There are audio guides in English, Dutch, French and German.<br />
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<b>How to get from Brussels to Breendonk?</b> The easiest way is by public transport taking the <b>460 bus (Brussel-Boom)</b> that departs every hour from the <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/O3G3I">North Station</a> of Brussels. It takes about 45 minutes to get to the fort. It leaves you two blocks away from the entrance. Another option is to take bus <b>461 (Brussel-Boom)</b> in the same station. It departs every hour. The trip also takes 45 minutes but it leaves you a little further from the entrance, about 10 minutes walk. Transport website: <a href="http://www.delijn.be/en/index.htm">http://www.delijn.be/en/index.htm</a> .
The train is not recommended to get the fort because you would have to change at Mechelen and then catch another train that takes you to <b>Willebroek</b> . From Willebroek station there is 15 minutes walk to the fort (it's marked by signs).<br />
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Fort Breendork is located in the road between Brussels and Antwerp. Built in 1906 as part of a ring of defense against a possible attack of the German Empire. With
the invasion of the German army in 1940, being in disuse, it was taken
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Its prisoners were common criminals, political prisoners, resistance fighters and Jews who were to be sent to Auschwitz. 185 people were executed and many of them moved to other camps. Despite
not being a place of extermination, there were very few survivors
because of the terrible conditions in which they were. It is considered one of the toughest camps of WWII and one of the best preserved due to its structure. Available rooms dedicated solely to torture prisoners. Moreover,
the work to be performed by prisoners was devastating as they had to
empty and move the sand that covered the fort in few time. One
of the most controversial issue in this camp was the behavior of some
"Kapos" flamingos who offered his full support to the Nazi cause. Some of them were even moved to other camps to act as guards. Today remains open to visitors.</div>
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On the official website you can find a map of the fort with a <b>virtual tour</b> that allows you to locate the rooms:</div>
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For a <b>complete photo gallery</b> of the fort you can click <a href="http://mprada.blogspot.com.es/2010/09/visita-fort-breendonk-belgica.html">here</a> .<br />
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<span class="">Auschwitz concentration camp was the largest Nazi death camp. It's estimated that about 2 million
people (Jews, mostly) perished in it. </span>It was declared World Heritage Site in 1979. It was directed, under Himler's supervision, by <b>Rudolf Hoss</b> until 1943 when it was replaced by <b>Arthur Liebehenschel</b> and <b>Richard Baer</b> .</div>
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It housed some famous prisioners as the prestigious psychiatrist <b>Viktor Frankl</b> , who survived and wrote his memoirs in the camp in " <b>Man's Search for Meaning</b> "or the beatified <b>St. </b> <b>Maximilian Kolbe</b> , who died after voluntarily changing the position of a condemned man.</div>
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The complex is divided into three camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II (Birkenau) and Auschwitz III. Today you can only see the I and II..<br />
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The best way to get to the camp is to catch a <b>bus</b> at the main bus station in Krakow (location <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/hn4rO">here</a> ). It runs every half hour and the ticket is purchased directly on the bus. The ticket price is <b>20 zlotys</b> outward / return ($7). The bus direction is <b>Oswiecim</b> (signposted both the bus and on the platform where parking). It takes half an hour to arrive and it leaves us in the parking of Auschwitz I, next to the entrance.
If you go by train to Auschwitz, you will have to walk 1.2 miles to the entrance of Auschwitz I.<br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/acGdf">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Official Website: </b><a href="http://www.auschwitz.org/">http://www.auschwitz.org</a> </div>
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Open every day except 1 January, 25 December and Easter Sunday.</div>
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<b>Opening hours: </b></div>
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<li>8:00 a.m. to 4:00 PM March, November</li>
<li>8:00 a.m. to 5:00 PM April, October</li>
<li>8:00 a.m. to 6:00 PM May, September</li>
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<b>From November 1 to March 31</b> admission is free, but guided tours are 40 zlotys ($13). <b> </b><br />
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• Polish: 11.00 am, 1.30 pm (except 27/01/2013)</div>
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• English: 10.30 am, 11.30 am, 12.30 pm, 1.20 pm (except 01/27/2013)</div>
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• French: 12.30 pm (except 13.11.2012, 14.11.2012 and 01.27.2013)</div>
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• German: 12.30 pm (except 01/27/2013)</div>
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• Italian: 24:30 (except 14.01, 23.01, 27.01, 09.03, 17.03 and 03.18.2013)</div>
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• Spanish: 12.30 pm (except 27/01/2013)</div>
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<b>From April to October</b> is mandatory ent with tour, 40 zlotys ($13). <b> </b><br />
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• Spanish: April, October: 12.00 am from May to September: 10.00 am, 12.00 am, 2 pm</div>
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• English: October: every hour between 10.30 am and 3.30 pm from May to September: every 30 minutes between 9.30 am - 3.30 pm </div>
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It is estimated that the tour lasts about <b>4 hours</b>.<br />
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It's better to visit the camp during the fall-winter months. In the summer months there are many visitors and the visit is more uncomfortable. Moreover,
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If you want to plan your visit, the official website offers a <b>virtual tour</b> where you can find what is in each barrack. You can click <a href="http://en.auschwitz.org/z/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=8">here</a> go there.</div>
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Auschwitz I is the most touristic part of the field. It has the ticket office, a screening room, shop ... and in some barracks there are exhibitions about the Holocaust with photographs, clothing, documents ...</div>
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During the war, this area housed the administrative center of the camp. This is where they began to bring Polish political prisoners and resistance fighters.</div>
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This place is famous for the experiments to camp inmates by <b>Dr. Mengele</b> among others. Also in <b>block 11</b> , considered a punishment place, there were all kinds of torture and extreme testings. There is still a part of the punishment cells, some of them so small that people could not sit.</div>
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In front of the block 11 is raised the "wall of death" where prisoners were shot.</div>
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You can also visit the only stading crematorium. Here began the first experiments with <b>Zyklon B</b> .</div>
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You can visit some famous cells like <b>Maximilian Kolbe's</b> . In 1941 there was a scape in the camp. In retaliation, 15 prisoners were chosen randomly to be brought to this cell without food or water to let them die. Maximilian Kolbe was not chosen but he volunteered to take the place of a family parent. In the same cell block, we can find too <b>Edek Galinski's</b> , known for their love story on the camp. He and his girlfriend Mala Zimetbaun escaped but they were captured and executed within days. It is not allowed to take photos inside the barracks.</div>
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/KXHSN">here</a> . <b> </b><br />
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It is more than 1.2 miles away from Auschwitz I. A shuttle bus runs between both camps. You can take it at the entrance. It is free and it usually departs every 15 min. It is best that you check the bus schedules upon arrival. </div>
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Admission is completely free, you have to go through any post. If you go to the previous field guide will teach you just a hut, the memorial and the ruins of a gas chamber. Then you can stay to continue the visit on your own.<br />
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If you go individually through the entrance, you can access the main
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Birkenau was built after Auschwitz I, in 1941, as a part of the <b>Final Solution</b> . The prisoners were mostly Jews and Gypsies. It was a death camp created to mass murder. The prisoners arrived by train across the tracks reaching inside the camp. Most of them were taken directly to the gas chambers. Only those who passed the selection were assigned to work in the field. On the right side (at the picture above) there were the men barracks and on the left we can see women's (even one set just for kids).</div>
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In November 1944, the SS destroyed the gas chambers and crematoria,
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If we continue to the right of the monument, we can find what was called the "sauna" or sluice room. It was where the newcomers stripped of their clothes and their heads were shaved, while being forced to wait naked outside. Today it has been rebuilt and you can find inside a memorial panel with photos of prisoners.</div>
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<i> Interior of the women barrack.</i></div>
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Volgograd is a Russian city, which was known as Stalingrad between 1925 and 1961. </span>The famous " <b>Battle of Stalingrad</b> ", was the most cruel and bloody battle of the World War II <b>.</b> It took <b>from August 1942 to February 1943</b> . It
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After a destructive bombing of the city by the German army, the fight began on both sides for the control of the ruins. Despite
the difficulties of the German army, Hitler refused to give up because he knew that the city was the port of entry to the
oil-rich Caucasus and the checkpoint of Volga River. After a winter chill and being encircled by the Russians, <span class="st">Göring</span> proposed a plan of aerial delivery that resulted impossible. Dying of cold and hunger, Hitler forced them to stand within the city but contradicting his wishes General <b>Friedrich Paulus</b> ended up giving in to the Soviet army. </div>
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The outcome of this battle changed the course of events of the war. </div>
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<u>GETTING TO VOLGOGRAD?</u></div>
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<li><b>From Moscow:</b> Almost <b>1000 km</b> separate the two cities so there will be a long trip, unless you go by plane. Airlines like <b>S7, Aeroflot or Utair</b> have daily flights from <b>200 dollars one way/return.</b> The flight is direct and its duration is 1h 40min. A cheaper option is the train (not much more if you take the express) and it
will take about 19 hours (even 24 hours depending on how many stops does it make). You can spend the night on the train to save time. The official website of the Russian trains where you can consult timetables: <a href="http://eng.rzd.ru/schedulee/public/rzdeng?STRUCTURE_ID=46">http://eng.rzd.ru/schedulee/public/rzdeng?STRUCTURE_ID=46</a> . </li>
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<u>MOVING AROUND VOLGOGRAD</u><br />
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Besides the regular tram there is what they call the express tram (CT). In <a href="http://www.gortransvolga.ru/">http://www.gortransvolga.ru</a> you can consult timetables and routes.
The <b>basic fare</b> is 2 rubles (0.07$). Here you have a plane with the stops. The blue lines correspond to the tram and the red ones to the tram Express:<br />
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<u>WHAT TO SEE IN VOLGOGRAD</u><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: #ea9999;"><b> Mamayev Kurgan memorial</b></span></li>
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<b>Location</b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/NWEPH"><b>here</b></a> .</div>
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<b>Official website (in Russian):</b> <a href="http://www.stalingrad-battle.ru/">http://www.stalingrad-battle.ru/</a></div>
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After the great battle, the land of Mamayev Kurgan hill remained dry and black, metal filled with the rests of the fighting. It was in 1959 when they began to build a memorial. The 105-meter sculpture of Motherland crowns its summit. At
the foot of the statue are buried some prominent characters of the
battle as Marshal Vasily Chuikov, Vasily Zaytsev the sniper (known for being responsible for the fall of more than 200
Germans at Stalingrad) and Ruben Ruiz Ibarruri, the son of Pasionaria who
perished in the battle. Memorial is accessible through a row of steps. The memorial complex is divided in several parts:<br />
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<i>Motherland, Hall of the Warrior Glory and All Saints Church</i> .<br />
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- "Memory of Generations" <br />
- "Avenue of Poplars Pirameidales" <br />
- "Square of those who fought to Death <br />
- "Walls of ruins" <br />
- "Square of the Heroes" <br />
- "Monumenal Relief" <br />
- "Hall of the Warrior Glory " <br />
- "Square of regret" <br />
- "Mother Earth Calls" <br />
- "Church of All Saints"
is one of the largest memorials complex world that are dedicated to World War II.<br />
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<i> Hall of glory of warrior.</i></div>
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<i> Square for those who fought to Death</i></div>
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<i> Hall and the Heroes Square</i></div>
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/xlmGg">here.</a> <span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="Проехать скоростным трамваем, троллейбусами маршрутов № 8, 8а, 12, маршрутными такси № 30, 30а, 77, 33, 55а, 93 до остановки "Площадь Ленина.""></span></span></div>
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<b>Official website</b> (in Russian): <a href="http://www.stalingrad-battle.ru/">http://www.stalingrad-battle.ru/</a></div>
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<b>Hours:</b> 10:00-17:00 (winter) and 10:00-18:00 (summer) the ticket office closes 30 min. before closing. <b>Admission:</b> 100 rubles ($3) <b>.</b> If we want to take pictures you will pay a fee of 100 rubles ($3) and videos 200 rubles ($6).</div>
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<b>Directions:</b> tram CT, 8, 8a and 12. Bus 30, 30a, 77, 33, 55bis and 93 to the stop <span dir="ltr" id="place-title">Площадь Ленина (</span> Lenin Square).</div>
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It is located in front of the Volga River. It was opened in <b>1985</b> . It contains about 4000 samples that shows us the battle. Among them, we can find letters, weapons, personal belongings of the soldiers, decorations ... As main attraction it contains an overview of the battle from the hill. It also shows the rifle of <b>Vasily Zaytsev</b> .</div>
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Next to the museum, stand the ruins of the mill that served as an important point guarded by the Red Army during the battle.</div>
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Around the museum, there is also a small outdoor exhibition of war vehicles.<br />
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<b>Location </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/6R1W5">here</a> . <b> </b><br />
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This is an apartment building defended by the Red Army under the command of <b>Yakov Pavlov</b> during battle. It is a symbol of Soviet resistance. The Germana failed to conquer it although there used to be little more than ten soldiers defending it. He even said that more Germans died in this building than in the liberation of Paris.</div>
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Today, you can read the inscription on the wall "In this building fused together heroic feats of warfare and of labor. We will defend / rebuild you, dear Stalingrad"</div>
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/T1uH3">here</a>. <b><br /></b><br />
<b>Tram stop: </b><span dir="ltr" id="place-title">Комсомольская (Komsomol'skaya, online CT)</span><br />
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On both sides of this avenue you can find sculptures raised with the names of Soviet heroes during the Battle of Stalingrad.<br />
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/slxnF">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Tram stop: </b> <span dir="ltr" id="place-title">Комсомольская (Kosomol'skaya line CT)</span></div>
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<span dir="ltr" id="place-title">Located on the site of the old Alexander Square, where it ends the Avenue of Heroes. It
contains the tomb of over 100 Red Army soldiers, under a plaque that
states "Here lie the soldiers of the Army 62nd and 64th buried heroic
defenders of the city who died heroically in the Battle of Stalingrad in
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<b>Location</b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/7mPsI">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Tram stop:</b> Детский центр (lanes 1,2,4,10)</div>
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<b>Location </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/W8tEP">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Tram stop: </b><span dir="ltr" id="place-title">Улица 39-ой Гвардейской Дивизии (Ulitsa 39-oy Guardeyskoy Divizii line CT)</span></div>
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<span dir="ltr" id="place-title">This factory was responsible for producing T34 tanks and military equipment during the battle. In October 1942 the 24th
Panzer Division and the 389th Infantry assault and managed to stop
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The Dachau camp is located </span><b><span class="">20 km north of Munich</span></b><span class=""> (Germany) and it has an easy acces for tourists. </span>It was built in <b>1933 </b> as a work camp and since <b>1941</b> it began to be used as an extermination camp. It mostly housed political prisoners and homosexuals. Among his most famous prisoners was the German carpenter <b>Georg Elser</b>, who attempted unsuccessfully against Hitler in <b>1939,</b> placing an explosive device built by himself in the brewery Bürgerbräukeller. For
13 minutes he did not succeed and he was arrested and taken first to
Sachsenhausen and later to Dachau where he was treated as
"privileged prisoner" (it's believed to be because Hitler assumed he was
a pawn in a larger conspiracy). In 1945, 20 days before the camp liberation, he was killed by direct order of Hitler.<br />
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It's estimated that <b>41,000</b>
people were killed in the camp as well as many others that did not
survive the appalling conditions in which they were (in 1945 a typhus
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The camp was liberated on <b>April 29, 1945</b> by the <b>20th Armored Division</b> and <b>45th Infantry Division of the U.S. Seventh Army</b> .<br />
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<i>Plaque commemorating the 20th Armored Division.</i><br />
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<u>GETTING FROM MUNICH TO DACHAU</u><br />
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You can click <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/tnv4B">here</a> to see the <b>exact location</b> of the camp. To get there, you must take a train from Munich (line <b>S-Bahn S2</b> Petershausen direction). These trains depart every 20 minutes and takes about 20 minutes to get to the station <b>Bahnhof Dachau</b> . You can take this train at any station of the S2 line: Ost, Isartor, Hbf, Marienplatz ... From
Munich Hbf station (the main station) you can also catch a RE (regional express)
that leads to the Dachau station in 10 minutes, but it happens less
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To <b>check schedules</b> can click <a href="http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query2.exe/hn?ld=9687&country=DEU&rt=1&newrequest=yes&&country=ESP">here</a> .</div>
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Once you reach Dachau Hbf you have to go out the main entrance cross the
street, in the square, you will see a post that indicates <b>concentration camp memorial site</b> . There, you will have to take the <b>724 or 726 bus</b> which stops at the entrance to the camp (<span class="body_link_bold">KZ-Gedenkstätte</span>). If you show the train ticket you will not have to pay ticket.</div>
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If you want to walk from the station to the camp, be aware that there are more than 3 km (about 50 minutes). You can follow the signs to " <span class="body"><b>KZ-Gedenkstätte</b> ".</span></div>
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<span class="body"><u>THE MEMORIAL FIELD</u></span><br />
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<span class="body"><b>Official Website: </b> <a href="http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de/">http://www.kz-gedenkstaette-dachau.de</a></span><br />
<span class="body"> Open every day except December 24. </span><br />
<span class="body"><b>Hours</b> : 9:00-17:00</span></div>
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<span class="body"><b>Free admission.</b> If you are going by car the parking fee is 3 euros. </span><br />
<span class="body"><b>Guided tour</b> for 3 euros. Estimated duration of the visit: 2h30min. <b> </b></span><br />
<span class="body"><b>Guided Tour times:</b></span><br />
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<tr><td valign="top" width="20%"> German</td>
<td valign="top" width="79%"> Daily: 12.00 am</td>
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<td valign="top" width="20%"> English</td>
<td valign="top" width="79%"> Daily: 11.00 am and 1.00 pm</td>
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<td valign="top" width="79%"> July to September, Saturday and Sunday: 11:30 a.m.</td></tr>
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<span class="body">There are also <b>audio guides</b> for 3.50 euros.</span><br />
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<span class="body"><i> General plan.</i></span></div>
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<span class="body">Since <b>1965</b> the camp facilities have become a museum.</span> It has 22 zones, and only the area of the former SS camp is inaccessible to the public. In <b>1945</b> much of the camp was destroyed, so because of that some areas, such as barracks, are not the original ones but they are reconstructions. Clicking in the plane you can see the dating of the buildings and monuments and what parts have remained ever since. As a curiosity, the area of the buildings of the SS is running and use by the bomb unit of the police.<br />
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<i>Original crematoria.</i></div>
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The <b>bunker</b> is
known for being the place where the torture and experiments were performed
at camp prisoners, including intentionally infecting malaria, subjecting
them to hypothermia, etc. <b>Theodor Eicke</b> , leader of the SS in charge of the camp, was known for its brutality.</div>
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Ukraine was one of the hardest damaged </span><span class=""><span class="">countries </span>by the Second World War. </span>The years before the war under the Soviet army, were very difficult for the country's population. So when in 1941 the German army invaded Ukraine many people received them as liberators. When they saw German brutality became opponents and fought with the Red Army. <span class="">The total losses inflicted upon the Ukrainian population during the war are estimated between five and eight million.</span></div>
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At the battle of Kiev , the city was acclaimed as a " Hero City ", because of the resistance offered by both the Red Army and the local population.</div>
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<u>MOVING IN KIEV</u></div>
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Kiev is quite large so some distances are too long to go walking. <span class="">There are buses and trolley buses that connect all parts of the city. </span>A faster and more convenient option is to take the subway. I leave a plane with the lines:<br />
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<u>MUSEUM OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR IN KIEV</u></div>
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<b>Location</b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/1u7XM">here</a> .</div>
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<b>Metro station:</b> Arsenalna</div>
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Bus 24, 38 Trolleybus<br />
<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.warmuseum.kiev.ua/">http://www.warmuseum.kiev.ua/ </a><br />
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<b>Opening hours:</b> permanent exhibition (10:00 to 17:00), military vehicles and weapons (09:00.18:00)</div>
<b>Permanent exhibit admission:</b> 10 UAH (0.93 euros)</div>
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<b>Afghanistan exposure admission:</b> 5 UAH (0.47 euros)</div>
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<b>Exposure of military vehicles</b> <b>admission:</b> 3 UAH (0.28 euros)</div>
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<b>Mi.24B helicopter, and Li-2 aircraft and MiG-23</b> <b>exposure admission:</b> 5 UAH (0.47 euros)</div>
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platform of 36.6 meters and 200 UAH (18.65 euros) to 91 meters.</div>
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The Soviets called the Great Patriotic War to the war against Nazi Germany. The complex was built in 1981 and it's one of the largest museums in Ukraine. It's located under the 62-meter statue of the Motherland. The area of the museum is divided into several parts. All of them form the Memorial Complex.<br />
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<li><b>The Memorial Complex:</b> occupies the area of 10 hectares and it includes the museum with the memorial of the Motherland , the main square with the
Hero Cities alley , sculptures called "Crossing the Dnipro and Arms Transfer, Heroes of the Front and Rear" with bronze reliefs, the cup" Fire of Glory ", <span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span class="">exhibition </span> <span class="hps">of </span> <span class="hps">combat vehicles </span> <span class="hps">and weapons</span><span class="">, as well as an </span> <span class="hps">independent building </span> <span class="hps">with an exhibition of</span> <span class="hps">war relics.</span></span> We can also find a Li-2 aircraft , a Mi-24В helicopter, and a МіG-23 fighter jet. </li>
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<li><b>Monument to the Motherland:</b> The whole structure forming the statue with the base measures 102 meters high and weighs 560 tons. It contains a shield with the emblem of the Soviet Union. Visitors can climb to a viewpoint located at 91 meters.</li>
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<b>Location: </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/MSfQQ">here</a>. <br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It is estimated that between 100,000 and 150,000 people wer<span style="font-size: medium;">e <span style="font-size: medium;">executed</span></span> in the ravine of Babi Yar during the Nazi occupation. The massacre of September 29th<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>1941 is the best known and was the first of them all. It happened in retaliation for </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">guerrilla attacks against German troops. On September 28th the German army placed in the stree<span style="font-size: medium;">ts of</span> Kiev this ad:</span></span><br />
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<i>All <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-yids_6-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babi_Yar#cite_note-yids-6"></a></sup>
jews of the city of Kiev and its vicinity must appear on Monday, September
29, by 08:00 a.m. at the corner of Mel'nikova and Doktorivska streets
(near cemetery). Must take with them documents, money and valuables,
also warm clothing, linen etc.</i> <i>Those of jews <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-yids_6-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babi_Yar#cite_note-yids-6"></a></sup>who won't follow this order and will be found in other place, will be
shot. Those of civilians who enter the dwellings left by jews <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-yids_6-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babi_Yar#cite_note-yids-6"></a></sup>and plunder stuff, will be shot.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">30,000 people complied the order <span style="font-size: medium;">thinking they </span>were to be deported. Instead, they walked to the Babi Yar ravine where they were executed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today it is a memorial park that <span style="font-size: medium;">shows</span> several memorials.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <i>Monument to the children who perished in the slaughter.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>WEREWOLF<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">BUNKE<span style="font-size: medium;">R</span></span></span></u><i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A fairly visited place by lovers of the Second World War is the Werewolf</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;">. It was one of a number of Führer Headquarters throughout Europe, and the most easterly ever used by Hitler in person. It was used betwen 1942 and 1943. It
is located 8 km north of Vinnitsa and can be visited in a day from Kiev
but. You can ge<span style="font-size: medium;">t</span> Vinnitsa (sometimes spelled as Vinnica) <span style="font-size: medium;">by train</span> from Kiev Pass. For schedules and routes clic<span style="font-size: medium;">k</span> <a href="http://www.poezda.net/en/index">here</a> . The trip take<span style="font-size: medium;">s</span> about 4 hours.</span></span></div>
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<u>VISITOR INFORMATION</u><b> </b><br />
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<b><b>Location</b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/elPeD">here</a> </b><br />
<b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.museedesblindes.fr/">http://www.museedesblindes.fr/</a><b><br /></b><br />
<b>Open daily</b> except December 25 and January 1.</div>
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January, February, March, April, October, November and December ->
Monday to Friday: 10:00-17:00 / Saturdays, Sundays and holidays:
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May, June and September: 10:00-18:00 (every day).</div>
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July and August: 9:30 to 18:30 (every day).</div>
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<b>Guided tours</b> in July and August at 10:30 and 15:00.</div>
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<b>Admission:</b> 7.50 euros (5 euros surcharge if you want to take pictures and videos).</div>
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It is located in the Loire region. If we make a route by
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<li><b>From Paris or Nantes:</b> From Nantes you can catch a train to Saumur (the journey takes one hour and the ticket is around 20 euros ). We can also rent a car in Nantes (see map <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/cpxSZ">here</a> ). If we want to go from Paris it's better to rent a car because train will take over 4hours and we have to make a transfer. Car route from Paris <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/ivTH5">here</a> (about three hours ).<b> Train tickets and schedules: </b><a href="http://www.voyages-sncf.co.uk/">http://www.voyages-sncf.co.uk/</a><b><br /></b></li>
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If you go to Saumur is quite likely that you will have to spend the night there. Depending on the type of accommodation you seek you will have several options. You can check <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.es/Hotels-g187199-Saumur_Maine_et_Loire_Anjou_Loire_Valley_Pays_de_la_Loire-Hotels.html">here</a> for <b>hotels and hostels</b> with prices and reviews.</div>
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If you like tanks this is your museum. Well worth a visit as it has a complete collection. We can find Allied and German tanks from the World War II. <u></u>There is also a room dedicates to the contemporary world. The tour takes <b>between 1h and 2h 30 min</b> .</div>
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Acording to the WW2, in the room of the Battle of France (1940) we can fin theese ones:</div>
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For those interested in WWII Orkney has the most important naval base in England during the World Wars: Scapa Flow . Churchill had sent blocking sinking ships to create an impenetrable barrier against possible submarine attacks. Despite this, in 1939 the German submarine U-47 with <b>Günther Prien</b> in charge entered the base and sank the Royal Oak with a torpedo hit. This battleship hadn't been achieved in the previous war. It killed 833 crewmen. Three days after the attack, four bombers Junkers Ju 88 of the Luftwaffe
bombed the base reaching the battleship HMS Iron Duke . After the attack, some roads were built to block the oriental entrances, known as " Churchill Barriers ".</div>
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Scapa Flow is in Lyness , in the east of the island of Hoy in the archipelago of the Orkney Islands , north of Scotland. View location map <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Ky4Sh">here</a> .</div>
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<li>By plane: There are flights from Edinburgh or Aberdeen to Kirkwall Airport , the capital of the islands, operated by Loganair through <a href="http://www.flybe.com/">http://www.flybe.com</a> . You can book tickets here from 80 pounds the rounf trip . Keep in mind that Kirkwall airport is on the island of Mainland so then we will have to take a ferry to Lyness on the island of Hoy . The ferry leaves from Houton and to get there from the airport, you have to go to West Castle Street where you can catch the bus number 2 (for details and schedules VISIT <a href="http://www.travelinescotland.com/journeyplanner/enterJourneyPlan.do?hss=0tokn105870488">this page</a> ). A better way (especially since you will visit many more places like the Italian Chapel ) is to rent a car at the airport. To view the route to the ferry click <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/YV4Vl">here</a> . Once
in Houton you can park your car there or pass it to Lyness on the ferry
but the base is very close to the terminal so it's no needed. The price of the ferry is 4.5 pounds the normal ticket and 13.20 pounds if you go with the car. It takes 35 minutes to arrive. You can check schedules <a href="http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/">here</a> .</li>
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<li>By ferry: It's a bit complicated because there isn't a direct ferry from Scotland to the base. Ferries depart from Aberdeen , Scrabster , Gills Bay .<a href="http://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/">NorthLink Ferries</a> connects three days a week Aberdeen to Kirkwall (Mainland). The journey takes just over seven hours and the ticket price is 17.30 pounds . From Scrabster we can get to
Stromness (Mainland). There are up to three trips a day from Monday to Friday and two on Saturday and Sunday. The crossing time is approximately
90 minutes and the ticket of 14.10 pounds round trip. From Kirkwall, Stromness can be reached by bus. With <a href="http://www.pentlandferries.co.uk/">Pentland Ferries</a> can reach St Margaret's Hope (South Ronaldsay) in about 1 hour out
from Gills Bay . There are three daily departures (four in summer) and the ticket costs 12 pounds . Once there to move between islands you can rent a car and move through <a href="http://www.orkneyferries.co.uk/">Orkney's Ferry</a> .</li>
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To plan routes, check timetables and Orkney's public transport this page will provide all the information: <a href="http://www.travelinescotland.com/journeyplanner/enterJourneyPlan.do?hss=0tokn105870488">http://www.travelinescotland.com/journeyplanner/enterJourneyPlan.do?hss=0tokn105870488</a></div>
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If you want to stay in the islands is important to keep the hotel booked well in
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<li>In Houton: <b>Houton Bay Lodge</b> . To book click <a href="http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/houton-bay-lodge.es.html?sid=24c95c453b7f876b9a22dd0eb7b201ac;dcid=1">here</a> .</li>
<li>In Kirkwall <b>Ayre Hotel</b> (click <a href="http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/ayre.es.html?sid=24c95c453b7f876b9a22dd0eb7b201ac;dcid=1">here</a> ). If you look for a cheaper option: Youth Hostel (click <a href="http://www.spanish.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Kirkwall-Youth-Hostel/Kirkwall/12925?dateFrom=25+abr+2013&dateTo=26+abr+2013&sc_sau=avdc&sc_pos=1">here</a> ).</li>
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<b>Location</b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Ky4Sh">here</a> .</div>
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May 1 to September 30 -> Monday-Saturday: 9:00 to 16:30, Sundays: from the arrival of the first ferry to the last departure. <br />
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<b>O</b><b>fficial website</b> : <a href="http://www.scapaflow.co.uk/sfvc.htm">http://www.scapaflow.co.uk/sfvc.htm</a><br />
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This museum tells the story of British naval fleet world wars in a compreensive manner. We can find photos, videos and exhibits. It is a two minute walk from the ferry terminal.<br />
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<b>Location</b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/jPYYW">here</a> .</div>
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It was built and is maintained by the War Graves Commission of the Commonweath. There are tombs belonging to the First and Second World Wars, Commonwealth mostly. Including 26 graves of men who died in the sinking of the <b>Royal Oak</b> .
You can find pictures of all the graves in this blog: <a href="http://lyness-cemetery.blogspot.com.es/">http://lyness-cemetery.blogspot.com</a> .
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Located in Lamb Holm and can be reached by car via the "Churchill barriers" from <b>Mainland</b> and <b>South Ronaldsay</b> .
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It is a Catholic chapel built by Italian prisoners of " <b>Field 60</b> "during World War II. These Italians were captured during the North African campaign and sent to Orkney to build the "Churchill Barriers". It was mostly designed by <b>Domenico Chiocchetti</b> , and together they created this place of worship from a store. It contains decorated windows and frescoes. <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page">Wikimedia Commons </a></span></span><br />
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I explain this because surely there are many people who do not know that
you can go to Washington from New York and back the same day. If you wake up early enough, you'll have time to visit the most important places of the capital. It
has nothing to do with New York, but it is a place full of history,
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<li><b>Tour.</b> You can book a guided tour (about 13 hours) to visit the main places. Lots
of agencies offer this possibility but I do not recommend it, especially
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<li><b>Train.</b> This is the most convenient but also the most expensive. If you catch an express train you can get Washington in <b>2h 45min</b> . The price of this train is usually more than <b>$ 300 round trip</b> . The regular train takes <b>3h 20min</b> and roundtrip ticket usually costs about <b>$ 100</b> . All trains depart from Penn Station (next to Madison Square Garden). To buy tickets online: <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/">www.amtrak.com</a> .</li>
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<li><b>Bus</b> . There are plenty of bus companies that take us to Washington. An economic choice is <b>Megabus</b> (click <a href="http://esus.megabus.com/">here</a> to go to the website). If you buy in advance you can get tickets for <b>$ 8</b> . Sometimes out offers for less even. It has a few stops in New York and a fairly large departure schedule. The trip takes <b>4h 30min</b> but there are even departures at 5 am to get there soon.</li>
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You can consult <a href="http://www.wmata.com/">here</a> the transport network of the city. It has the timetables and routes of the metro and buses. The metro is a pretty comfortable option. Here you have the map of the lines. It reaches Maryland and Virginia.<br />
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<b>Location: </b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/QgwCO">here</a> </div>
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<b>Metro stop:</b> Smithsonian (Orange and Blue lines). </div>
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<b>Website: </b><a href="http://www.wwiimemorial.com/">http://www.wwiimemorial.com/ </a><b><br /></b></div>
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<b>O</b><b>pen 24 hours.</b></div>
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This memorial was opened to the public in <b>2004.</b> It was built almost entirely by private contributions. They obtained more than <b>197 million</b>
dollars in donations from citizens, associations, foundations,
veterans, organizations and even students (some schools raised funds for
the cause). For more information please visit their <a href="http://www.wwiimemorial.com/">official website</a> .</div>
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This memorial is considered one of the most important American WWII monuments. It has received visits from major veterans and
even <b>Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg</b> did a little tribute to the veterans there for the promotion of <b>The Pacific</b> .<br />
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<b>Location: </b><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/rOaUL">here</a> </div>
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The monument dates from <b>1954</b> and was dedicated to the members of the Marine Corps of the United States. It is based on a photograph taken on the <b>February 23, 1945</b> by photographer <b>Joe Rosenthal</b> on the island of <b>Iwo Jima</b> . The statue represents the Marines and the sailor who raised the second flag on <b>Mount Suribachi</b>
: Sergeant Michael Strank, Corporal Harlon Block, first-class soldiers
Franklin Sousley, Rene Gagnon and Ira Hayes and John Bradley nurse. The same scene we see in <b>Flags of Our Fathers</b> and was used for propaganda of the American forces.<br />
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<b>Location</b>: <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/fMXhF">here</a></div>
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<b>Metro stop:</b> Arlington Cemetery (blue line) </div>
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<b>Official Website: </b><a href="http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/">http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil</a></div>
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It is very large and here are buried veterans from the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan or Iraq. We can also find the <b>grave of Kennedy</b> and numerous memorials, like this one of the space shuttle Challenger.<br />
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One of the most visited sites is the <b>tomb of the unknown soldier</b> . It is guarded 24 hours a day. At certain times we witness the changing of the guard with a small march.</div>
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Curiously, on their website they have created a mobile application that will allow us to locate graves and explore the map. You can download it here: <a href="http://public.mapper.army.mil/ANC/ANCWeb/PublicWMV/ancWeb.html">http://public.mapper.army.mil/ANC/ANCWeb/PublicWMV/ancWeb.html</a></div>
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<u>NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AIR SPACE (Smithsonian Air & Space Museum)</u></div>
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<b>Metro stop:</b> Smithsonian (Orange and Blue lines). Open every day except December 25. <b>Opening hours:</b> 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 pm. (Until 7:30 pm from December 26 to January 1). <b>Admission free</b> . </div>
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It contains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It was founded in 1946. After World War II many aircraft were donated. It is also famous for its modern architecture.</div>
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We can find such important pieces as the <b>Messerschmitt Me 262</b> (model Nazi plane, was the first jet-powered fighter in history) or the <b>Enola Gay</b> (plane from which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima).</div>
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Location:</b> <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/tgqTk">here</a></div>
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<b>Metro stop:</b> Smithsonian (Orange and Blue lines). </div>
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.ushmm.org/">http://www.ushmm.org</a> </div>
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<b>Hours:</b> 10:00 to 17:20 and from March 26 to June 8 expands the Monday to Friday: 10:00 to 18:20 </div>
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The museum is quite large. It takes at least two hours to see it well. Four
plants of audiovisual journey which recreates through videos (historical
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The permanent exhibition is divided into three parts: The Nazi Assault, The Final Solution and the last chapter.</div>
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You can click <a href="http://resources.ushmm.org/inquery/uia_query.php/photos/key/permexhib/noframes">here</a> to see a complete photo gallery.<br />
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<u>HOW TO GET PLASZOW FROM KRAKOW?</u></div>
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It's located 1.5 km away from the Ghetto Square, but it's a little far from
the city center and taking into account that once we get there you'll have to keep walking, the best option is public transport. Several <b>trams</b> reach the camo: the <b>3, 6, 9, 13, 23 and 24</b> (depending on where you take it). You'll have to get off at the <b>cemetery Podgórski</b> (cmentarz Podgórski). </div>
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If you take the tram in the square of the ghetto, for example, this is the path that it follows (click <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/Dg8Ub">here</a> ). You have to to get off at point B. </div>
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<u>PLAN YOUR VISIT</u></div>
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Once there, the best <b>route</b> to choose is this (click <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/mhcuY">here</a> to see the map):
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<b>B. Amon Goeth House</b> . Walk few meters through Wielicka street from the tram stop (leaving
the graveyard behind) until you find Jerozolimska street on the right. Go through this and climbed straight on to the beginning of Wiktora Heltmana where you can find the house on the right side. You can see it in the street view.</div>
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If you have time, just few steps from the factory, you have the <b>mount of Prince Krak</b> or Krakus dating from the seventh century. It is said that there is buried the founder of Krakow.</div>
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<u>THE CONCENTRATION CAMP OF PLASZOW</u><br />
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Built in <b>1942</b> as a camp of work, in <b>1943</b> was expanded to become concentration camp where Jews were deported from the Krakow ghetto. It's the camp that appears in the film <b>Schindler's List</b>.</div>
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This factory of limestone, " <b>Liban and Ehrenpreis</b> ", has been built in <b>1873</b> by two important Jewish families of Podgorze. By
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factory and even a railway line connected it with the city. The times were prosperous until the rise of Nazism. 800 young Poles were held as prisoners at the factory and forced to work in it from <b>1942-1944</b> .<br />
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Spielberg used this place as a stage to recreate Plaszow in Schindler's List. He didn't want to shoot it in the camp itself out of respect. Although the set was dismantled some rests still stands nearby. It's hard to distinguish which ones belonged to the film and wich ones to the real camp.<br />
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<b>Amon Goeth</b> (Amon Goth in German) was the camp commandant. We all know him beacuse <b>Ralph Fiennes</b> gave him life in <b>Schindler's List</b> . In this movie, his house became famous too. From the main balcony Goeth used to shoot the prisoners.<br />
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<i>Amon Goeth in the balcony.</i><br />
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The house is attached to the camp and is still standing. It is located on the street <b>Wiktora Heltmana</b> .<br />
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<i>The house today.</i><br />
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