Thursday, June 26, 2008

Ravensbrück + Lübeck

Ravensbrück concentration camp:

Uckermark concentration camp:
I biked to Uckermark 'Youth Protection Camp' by myself on Sunday, which is honestly one of the scariest things I've ever done. There was absolutely nobody around, and Uckermark only has a small memorial built at one end of the camp (which is now slightly overgrown). There's something creepy about being at a former concentration camp alone...
This photo should look really familiar to some people.
Lübeck, the new UNESCO World Heritage site.




This cathedral was erected in 90 years (very few compared to most cathedrals in Europe). According to legend, the devil thought the building was going to be a bar, so he helped out and the building went faster. When he finally figured out it was going to be a church, he took this boulder and was preparing to smash it when one of the workers made a compromise and promised to build a bar across the street. You can still see the devil's finger marks in the stone.

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