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On the way back through the North Sea on the QM2 we passed the oldest passenger ship...100 years old. As described by the first officer on the QM2. I'll try digging up her name as I missed it on the "tannoy". I'll post pics asap. Just got home so unpacking. She was apparently headed to meet up with the Waverley. Choppy sea and she was "moving" a bit. Several passengers up on deck as we passed. What voyage were you on ?
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Queen Mary2. Southampton round trip....Norway, Hamburg, Zerbrugge ( diverted to Le Havre).
Been there before but always enjoyable. 50th anniversary celebration.
Troll Road trip from Alesund was great. Impressive road for driving, our bus driver was great!
Visited Belsen on an organised trip. Very humbling.
Missed Ypres battlefield due to change in port.
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Queen Mary2. Southampton round trip....Norway, Hamburg, Zerbrugge ( diverted to Le Havre).
Been there before but always enjoyable. 50th anniversary celebration.
Troll Road trip from Alesund was great. Impressive road for driving, our bus driver was great!
Visited Belsen on an organised trip. Very humbling.
Missed Ypres battlefield due to change in port. Nice trip around and a pilgrimage to a Gestapo Camp is always a totally humbling eye opener and reminder of how evil so called humans can be - a lot like Israel now, the irony of this is beyond belief.
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The camp hasn't been restored. A museum has been built and it contains many photos of the victims. No huts or buildings rebuilt. There are monuments and gravestones for several family members, including Anne and her sister Margot Frank
There are many mass graves preserved with from 800 to 5000 victims.
Belsen was the main central camp with many nearby camps.
The evil from back then is being repeated. People and groups with the power to put their ideology into practice are still doing so.
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