A long lonely walk:
In 1945 I was first assigned to Buchenwald for a few days, then assigned to Weimar. the nearest city to Buchenwald. wirh little to do in May and June 45 I,d walk out to the camp Buchenwlad several times a week. THe locals were NOT interested in the place. It was about 6 kilometers one way. I would walk it alone. And it was the loneliest walk I made in Germany.
In 1972 I worked for the US Army in Germany and visited many places. Dachau was one of them. when our tour b us stopped at this camp it was another lonely place. None pof the locals were interested in the camp.
Later we made a tour of Amsterdam, when we asked the locals how to get to the Anne Frank house we were told it was no longer there! It was torn down.later some one did give us directions. Accept for the tourists It was another lonely place. Locals were NOT interested in the place!