6.11.2008

Thursday, 29 May: Concentration Camp

We took a bus to Struthof concentration camp.
14h - 17h: Visit the site of the old Natzweiler concentration camp, the KL-Natzweiler museum, the European centre for deported resistance fighters and the Deportation Memorial.
Natzweiler is the only concentration camp in France. It was used predominantly for victims of Hitler's NN (night and fog) campaign which attempted to capture French revolutionary fighters opposing Germany in the night and fog to avoid making them into martyrs.
17 – 18h: We packed a group lunch which we shared in the woods a brief walk from Natzweiler.
18h: Outdoor concert at Deportation Memorial (American 200 member choir). The concert was less than par... I don't think anyone was a fan of the performance. The music was good but the lyrics and script of the singers and adult vocal performers was lacking.
We got back to Strasbourg around 9:30pm and everyone got ready for our free weekend.

Rob and I went to Pti Max for the second time... both of us ordered steaks. I ordered a New York Strip - Medium. It came out well cooked for the outside 1/4th of meat - the entire middle of the steak was raw but I manned-up and ate it - It was great! For dessert I had a fruit dessert that included a variety of local fruits with lemon, rasberry, and banana sherbet.

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