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CIMBA Travel Writers: A dark story to tell
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We came. We saw. We scribbled. Tuesday, April 7, 2009. A dark story to tell. A wet mix of steady snow and rain and the gray low hanging clouds seemed right to visit Dachau, Nazi Germany’s first concentration camp, outside of Munich. The atrocities at Dachau stand as a reminder of how humanity can be swept up by charisma. While I expected to experience emotion, I never expected to learn lessons from a homeless drunk, the sound of gravel, and a cold howling wind. As if on cue the wind howled and I imagined...