Luis Basch for Auschwitz: "Pain, Sorrow, Horror, Evil and Death"

A few months ago Peika.bg introduced us to Luis Basch - a traveller, who told us about his experiences from his trip to Chernobyl.

Now, he will tell us about another not so tourist famous destination he has recently visited and what he has learned there.

Read the interview below:

Hello again! A few months ago you told us about your trip to Chernobyl. We were pretty amazed and intrigued by the destination of your trip. Now, you are just coming back from Auschwitz. Tell us how and why did you choose this destination?

How did I choose it? Well… I was planning a trip around multiple countries in Central Europe and Poland happened to be one of them. Auschwitz had been on my bucket list for a long time and it was time to cross it off my list. Unusual destinations have always dragged me.

Do you love history? What is the feeling and why you choose these places with such a tragic history?

I developed a taste for History when I was still very young during my school years but it was only when I started travelling that such taste grew stronger. I feel I'm always learning something new that I can also share with others. The reason why I visit places with such tragic history like Auschwitz is because I think it is important to understand what happened in the past and witness it with our own eyes, in order to avoid it in the future.

What was the first thing that you thought when you get there?

That what is portrayed in the movies isn't an exaggeration of reality.

If you can choose only 5 words to describe the place - what would they be?

I don't think 5 words are enough to describe the place, but the first words that come to my mind are...