Bergen Belsen

Lensmaster Mugshot takes an emotional journey to Bergen Belsen, the scene of some of the most horrendous acts ever committed by human beings upon other human beings. Mugshot's grandfather was one of the first of the allies to set foot inside the newly-liberated camp. His grandfather didn't say much about his time there. But, his grandson did learn enough to know that he had to go there himself to pay his respects. Reading this story, one of the things that stood out was that the wall plaques are in German. Why not other languages? I also wonder why it was so hard just to reach Bergen Belsen. He goes through two taxis to get there. The first one drops him off 3km from Bergen Belsen, and the final one has the extra time to be on call for him to phone her to come pick him up when he has finished his tour -- where he sometimes found himself alone in his wanderings. Where were the people? Being so hard to get to, for Mugshot, was indicative of how being in a hard-to-reach location made it easier for the atrocities to be carried out. Its location now seems to be a handy way to discourage visitors. Maybe now it's a place for only the strongest of the strong.