I had spent
Several hours
Wandering
Sombrely and soberly
Round the grounds
Of Neugamme Concentration Camp
On the outskirts
Of Hamburg.
Sat all alone
In a small room
Which they called a kino
But it was just a room
Where I sat watching
A nineteen minute clip.
Nothing horrific
But...when they showed
Footage of survivors
Decades later
At a Memorial Service
Out of nowhere
I burst into tears!
Why?
And I don't just mean
My waterworks...
Dulwich Poet 3rd June 2014
(On Monday 2nd June I spent over four hours looking around the memorial. I have been to similar places, and have never been affected like this...I have no idea why it got 'too much' for me, or whatever you might use to decribe it...)
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