You know what, I kind of like the "real life" shows that Discovery/History Channel runs on their channel. However I think they need to cool it down a bit and bring back actual "Discovery" or "History" stuff.

I went to Dachau on a two week trip to Europe when I was in high school. I could feel it. It was harsh. It's important that we never forget.

Did you take any pictures? When I was there I took several. For some reason I was better with a camera then than I am now. They turned out and really captured the feeling. I'm sure compositionally, they're far from professional photography,but from an artful point of view; they might be considered good.

There was something about the experience that (as mentioned before) moved me. During the approximately 2 weeks of the high school trip to Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, I did very little other than get drunk. I was about 16 and it was legal. Upon reflection, this is depressing because I probably missed a lot and remember even less. My experience at Dachau however was genuine. You know most angst ridden teens, in that situation would (and did) just see it as a cool experience. After no more than 2 minutes of being there I was filled with a very personal sense of dread and sadness.

My grandfather served in Germany and the repercussions have affected my family deeply. It's sad to think that was what it took to bring the world together unison. We are, as a world, inherently interdependent on one another. I have never raised my hand against another man, nor do I intend to. This is saddening, because that was probably one of the major tenets of the peoples who were persecuted at Dachau.