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11TRIPSANDvISITSCambridgeCollegesPhysicsExperienceOnthe9thoMaytenstudentsromYear9accompaniedbyMrJonesandMrMohsinheadedtoCambridgeUniersityoraPhysicsExperience.WehadatouropartotheUniersityandoneotheirCollegeswhichisabitlikeahalloresidence.ApresentationtwolecturesandapracticalscienceinestigationinolinglightwereallcrammedintoonedayThedaystartedbrightandearlywehadtobeatschoolby700.Weletschoolonceeeryonehadarriedwhichwasabout710andarriedatNewnhamCollegeatabout920.TheaadeotheCollegewasbeautiulthewholewallbeingcoeredwithiy.ItreallyseemedliketheextensiehistoryotheUniersitywaswritteninthecityitsel.TheUniersityCollegesandDepartmentsweredottedalloertheplacewhichiswhyitseemedlikeeerystudentneedsabikeInsidetheCollegewaseerythingastudentwouldneedromabedroomtoacanteenwhichseredmealsthreetimesaday.WedeelopedaeelorUniersityliesilentlywalkingdownthecorridorsbecausetherewereexaminationstakingplaceandseeingstudentsbookspiledfetotenhighwithalaptopinrontothem.TheCollegehasitsownlibrarywiththousandsobooksanditalsohasaloelygardenwhereyoucouldeitherstudyorenjoyanicepeaceulwalk.WehadapresentationinClareCollegeabouthowtheUniersityeducationsystemworks.ItwaseryinormatieandmadeuslookorwardtoUniersityeducationeenmore.Thepresentationalsotoldusaboutwhatauniersitylooksorinaperson.Itsnotjustthegradestheyarelookingorbutalsothepotentialinaperson.WehadourlunchheretoobeoresettingoorthePhysicsDepartment.HereattheCaendishLaboratorywehadtwoshortlecturesaboutlight.Thefrstwasaboutwhattypeowaelightisandaboutotherelectromagneticwaestoo.Thesecondwasonhowastronomerscreateimagesospacewhenisiblelightistooainttoseeclearly.Thesetwolectureswereseparatedbyaewpracticalsaboutreractionolightmakingatelescopeandfndingtheocallengthoalens.ThenwelettheUniersityoCambridgeandarriedbackatschoolat1845ateragreatPhysicsdayoutCalebBrownAlthoughtherewerehundredsopeoplethereitwascompletelysilentthesilencewaspiercingandhaunting.ThedisplayinBlock4wasothehairthatwascutromthosemurderedinthegaschambers.1950kgohairwasondisplaythehairrom40000people.Someothehairwasinbraidssomewascurlysomestraightandsomehadponytails...Itwassurrealtoseesomuchhairrealhumanhairromrealhumansthatdiedinthegaschambers.ItwasawultothinkthatthisisonlyaractionothehairasmostoitwaspackedandshippedtoGermanytoenrichciilianlie.Prisonershairwassoldormoneyandwasmostuseultothetextileindustriesasitwasusedtomakeblankets.SomewasstuedintopillowstobeusedbytheGermans.WethensawapieceocloththatwasmadeinGermanyromthehairtransportedromAuschwitandyoucanactuallyseethehairfbresattheendothecloth.ItwasdisgustingandIaskedmyselhowcouldhumanbeingsdothistootherhumanbeingsHowdiditeergettothispointWewenturtherdownBlock4andtherewasanotherdisplayonethatmademyheartsink.Behindglasswerethousandsoshoesbelongingtobabiesandchildrenmoth-eatenbabyclotheslittlechildrenstoysandsuitcasesaloneslipperwithsequinswasperchedontop.Itwasheart-breaking.Therereallyisnootherwaytodescribeit.Thesewereinnocentbabiesandchildrenbuttheywereseenaseilandsubjectedtothegaschamber.Ididntunderstandhowitwashumanlypossibletodothat.Therewerethousandsopotsandpansshoebrushesandtinsopolishphotoalbumsandsetsokeys.Peoplejustlikeuswholockedtheirdoorsintheanticipationoreturninghomeoneday.Innocentciiliansarekilledingenocides.WewentintothegaschamberinAuschwitIanditwastheworstexperienceotheday.300ousinsideitwassocrampedanduncomortable.OntheceilingwecouldseetheholesthroughwhichtheNaiswoulddroppelletsozyklonB.Iwasthinkingithiswasseentyyearsagowedallbegassedalie.Achillingthought.WethenwenttoBirkenauexterminationcamporAuschwitIIandthefrstthingthatcameintomymindwashowenormousitwas.AlotoitwasdestroyedbytheSSandallthatremainedwerethebrickchimneys.Itwashorrendous.IanyoyouhaeseenTheBoyintheStripedPyjamasorseenimagesodeathcampsthatiswhatBirkenaulookedlike.Morethan700prisonerswereputinonebarrackandatleastfepeoplehadtosleepineachpallet.Whenwewentinsideitwasreeingcoldtherewasnoinsulationnobedsjuststraw.Wewerewearingcoatsandbootsandtheseprisonerswouldhaebeenwearingjustathinprisonuniorm.Theinamoustraintrackusedtotransportpeopletotheirdeathsrunsthroughthecentreothecamp.Itstopsabruptlysymbolisingtheendothelineorsomanylies.AswestoodontheplatormwheretheprocessoselectionandseparationwouldtakeplaceweweretoldhowDrMengleusedtowhistleandhumtohimselwhilehecarriedoutselection.Iremembereelingangerathowsickamancouldbe.ListeningtothesuriortestimonyoSusanPollockmadetheexperiencemoresurreal.Shepinpointedthathatepropagandaandhatespeechisadangerousthing.ShewastellingusabouthertransportationtoAuschwitromHungaryandhowshelostftymembersoheramilyincludinghermotherandatherwhowerekilledonarrial.Itwassoupsettingtohearaboutherlieatthecampandthetorturesshewassubjectedto.HowdoesanyonemoeonromsuchdeastationItsanoerwhelmingexperienceactuallybeingthereonethatIcouldntpossiblyfndthewordstodescribe.ImadetherightdecisiontoisitIthinkitsimportantorpeopletoseeAuschwitsothatitneereerhappensagain.PeopleshouldneerbeallowedtoorgetwhattheNaisdidandweshouldneerorgetthe1100000soulswhohadtheirliestakenawayromthem.