Sunday, August 11, 2013

Auschwitz Cat

Hello everyone!  A very warm welcome to you all!  The video I have chosen for this post is a short 2 minute clip entitled "Auschwitz Cat There to Stay".  It is the story about a cat who has chosen the former Auschwitz Concentration Camp from WWII as her home.  Cats are amazing animals and it wouldn't surprise me that this cat senses the horrors that occurred at this place decades ago and feels that she is a sense of comfort and enjoyment to the many visitors that embark on Auschwitz.  Whatever her reasons, she is there to stay...by her own choice.  Enjoy!

Have any of you ever visited Auschwitz?  I for one never have but I have seen videos of the place.  I would also like to know if any of you have ever visited the Anne Frank House.

The photos I am sharing today are ones that I took on a recent walk.  You just need to click on the images to see a larger view.



Thank you all so much for visiting me here!  I always appreciate and enjoy reading your kind thoughts, which you are always welcome to share by clicking on the 'comments' link at the end of my post.

27 comments:

  1. I haven't ever been there Linda, but I did read the book Ann Franks diary, and of course am familiar with the history.
    Those daisies on your walk were quite lovely.

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  2. Cats are quite amazing. Thank you.

    Lovely cone flowers, too.

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  3. toujours étonnant les chats.
    merci Linda, et douceur des photos.

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  4. Lovely photos and you always find the most interesting videos. I have never visited Auschwitz but my parents did many, many years ago. This was before I met and married my husband over 37 years ago. My sister-in-law just visited Auschwitz on a recent European trip but I haven't been able to ask her about her experience there yet.

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  5. Just the name "Auschwitz" evokes such depressing mental images. I've never been there. I wouldn't shy away from it, though, if I were in the area. I think it's important that we never forget the horrors of that time. The lovely flowers were a nice, cheery ending to this post.

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  6. never visited either place.

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  7. That is really something about the cat.

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  8. I have never visited either place. I would like to visit the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. That is so interesting that the cat wants to stay there. Cats, and I think all animals, sense things that we humans cannot. Maybe she is there to be a comfort. Thank you for sharing this!

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  9. det er en trist sted !

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  10. Bruno is happy there, and really loves it. So everyone should leave him alone, where he wants to be!! As long as he can find food and water, and he apparently can, because he is quite plump.

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  11. Cats are very intuitive, and what a delight to meet. Love the reflection pic. Greetings from Jean

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  12. The place looking comfortable to walk in the pictures, Indeed.

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  13. We hope to visit this year-Bruno really does look well fed and she came back so obviously this is her place...

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  14. i've never visited auschwitz, but i've been to amsterdam and the anne frank house. it's an interesting place cos it's sobering but inspiring at the same time... oh, i love your pictures for this post. it looks like summer is in full swing, and all of nature is vibrant and alive!

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  15. While serving in H.M Forces in the 60's I visited the Belsen concentration camp so I got some idea of the atrocities committed.
    Never been to Poland though.

    Love those colors.

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  16. I have never been to Europe but may one day.....

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  17. A friend of mine visited the Anne Frank house and was very moved by the experience. At the time Anne was hiding in the attic, my friend was living in London during the blitz and I was a carefree child riding my tricycle in California.

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  18. A sad place for the cat to take up residence. I wonder who feeds it?

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  19. Animals are amazing. Your photos are beautiful and soothing too! SO nice that you came by for a visit! Have a wonderful week.

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  20. Creo que todos hemos conocido por las peliculas y documentales los horrores de aquella masacre.
    El gato ignora lo que ocurrió en el pasado.
    Saludos.

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  21. Fresh pictures, Linda !
    I was years and years ago, at Anne Frank's, Amsterdam.
    Lie(f)s.

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  22. What beautiful photos Linda. You certainly know how to capture the essence of a setting.
    I haven't visited Auschwitz and don't think I'd want to. It would be an incredibly difficult experience for me to 'feel' all the agony that went on there to so many people. I am happy that it is there to remind us all never to allow something like this to happen again.

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  23. I have never been there Linda , but I have read Anne Frank . It was very moving , I wouldn't mind making a visit to either one of these places though.
    Great pictures so very Summery :) thanks for sharing Linda .

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  24. Such pretty daisy's... I am not sure if i would be able to visit a place that brought so much terror and death . The kitty looks happy and healthy and should be left alone. That is just my opinion. :)

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  25. Gorgeous photos as we have come to expect from you. Interesting story about the cat. It looks well-fed. I have not visited those places but have read lots about them. I do enjoy biographies of that period and am amazed that so many were able to survive such horrors.

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  26. What an amazing story. I visited Belsen as a child in the late 60's. It was so silent we didn't even hear any birds.
    Sarah x

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  27. Hello, Linda.
    I found this post of yours when I was trying to find any news of the Auschwitz cat. God bless Google!
    This is a very long story, I'll make it short: I went to Auschwitz nine years ago and I met the cat, we became instant friends. I'll never forgive myself for not taking a single picture of him (wich often happens to me when animals are involved, I have other similar stories in my past). And it seems he is a SHE, after all.
    Anyhow, I'll tell you the whole story, if you want, but you can have a glimpse of it in this tag of my almost dead blog:
    http://gotaderantanplan.blogspot.pt/search/label/Auschwitz-Birkenau
    It is written in Portuguese, maybe you'll get a pale idea with an online translator (good luck, God only knows what will come of that).
    You wrote that "Cats are amazing animals and it wouldn't surprise me that this cat senses the horrors that occurred at this place decades ago and feels that she is a sense of comfort and enjoyment to the many visitors that embark on Auschwitz. Whatever her reasons, she is there to stay...by her own choice."
    I don't know, it puzzles me. But in the comments box, I then wrote something connecting to that to a friend.
    We'll share this later, I hope. :)

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