Rahim Tabet | Desember 06, 2014 |
Travel
Auschwitz was a massacre of industry. Her death toll indicates an almost inhuman systematization of the Nazi murder sigh. In just five years, there were 1.6 million prisoners in the camp. Of these, only 400,000 were actually enrolled in the camp registers. The rest went straight to the gas chambers in order then to be cremated in one of the five crematoria of the camp. More than one million people died as the 'factory of death. "
At the time, the Cu Chi Tunnels were littered with deadly poisonous spiders and scorpions wandering. It was narrow and claustrophobic humidity was unbearable. Moreover, many passages also further equipped with booby traps. Today, however, the location is a popular destination for tourists mourning. The tunnels are just examples of warfare during the Vietnam War. Therefore, the most popular and easiest to reach entrances were widened to the tunnels. A shooting gallery there was also established that the tourist gives a more 'authentic' experience of war. For one dollar you may already there firing a shot from the famous AK-47. Or you can have a meal from the food to the Viet Cong survived the war.
The Dharavi Slum (Mumbai, India)
The slums of Calcutta became world famous by the street action that Mother Teresa and extended there. They were also immortalized by the Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire. Of all the slums in India today is the Dharavi slum largest. Until 2009, this was also true for the whole of Asia. Its residents and visitors are welcomed by heaps, rivers of feces and poor living conditions.
Devil's Island (French Guiana)
Devil's Island is the smallest and most northerly island of the Iles du Salut, an archipelago north of French Guinea. In 1852 the island was established as a penal colony. This happened under the command of Emperor Napoleon III. Until 1952 it remained the most famous penal colony in the world. An exile to the island often equaled the death penalty. The area was extremely inhospitable and the island was a breeding ground for many diseases.
This is not surprising since the archipelago was originally a colony of lepers. The name 'Îles du Salut' literally means' Redemption Island 'or even' Farewell Island. Only later it became the destination of specific transport prisoners from France. The most famous among them was undoubtedly Alfred Dreyfus, known for the famous Dreyfus affair. For the prisoners was Devil's Island "a true trip to hell," as one writer left a note. For the mourning tourist is still a pleasant half-day in a lovely resort on a tropical island.
Ground Zero (New York City, USA)
On 11 September 2001, the world stood still. Two planes flew in short succession by two towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York. , Killing 3,000 people. "Nine Eleven" was the most notorious terrorist attack of modern world history. Obviously, the location where it was once the proud towers were so immediately an attraction for tourists mourning.
Railway Bridge over the River Kwai (Thailand)
Although most of the fighting took place during World War II in Europe, the rest of the world also got more than his share. As most of Southeast Asia in the period 1942-1943 was occupied by Japan, which moreover it had plans to attack India. To achieve this goal, there were however need more support and supply options. Japanese troops were indeed stationed in Burma (Myanmar today is that) and it lacked the infrastructure for such operations.
It was therefore decided to proceed with the construction of a railway that Kanchanabury in Siam (today is that Thailand) had to connect with Moulmein in western Burma. For the construction of this railway were deployed a quarter million workers. Most were Asian or allied prisoner of war under duress. Start Kampen were erected in Burma and Siam with the aim to connect the both ends of the rail halfway with each other.
By food shortages, however, the workers were soon undernourished. Medical and sanitary facilities were thereby nonexistent or inadequate. The overworked got sick so no chance in their fight against malnutrition or malaria, cholera and tropical cancer, which were common ailments in the region. The construction of the 416 kilometer long railway lasted 16 months. During the work died estimated hundred thousand workers, including 13,000 prisoner of war. Their bodies were often buried beside the railroad, where they had killed the accident. It is in this way that the railroad acquired his nickname, "The Railway of Death".
Tourists who want to get an idea of the conditions in which the Railway Workers of Death had to survive, can today visit three museums. Since include photographs to see the work and equipment were exhibited there used during construction. Within driving distance is also a cemetery for about 7,000 workers. Moreover, it is possible to fill a ride on the Railway of Death - an opportunity that likes to take advantage of the mourning tourist to walk down the famous bridge over the River Kwai.
Pont de l'Alma (Paris, France)
Pont de l'Alma is the name of a road tunnel near the eponymous bridge in Paris, France. The tunnel became famous after Princess Diana of Wales upon a car accident died. Along with Diana died her then boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed (son of Mohamed Al-Fayad, the owner of the Ritz hotels) and his chauffeur Henri Paul (security head of the Ritz). Above the entrance of the tunnel to see the flame of freedom. This is an exact replica of the torch that also the New York Liberty typifies. The symbol is considered an unofficial memorial to the death of Princess Diana.
The alienation zone (Chernobyl, Ukraine)
The alienation zone is the perimeter around the Chernobyl nuclear site. On April 26, 1986 exploded on this site a nuclear reactor. The result was the biggest nuclear disaster of its time. The perimeter of the disposal area is thirty kilometers wide. Until today he demonstrates the impossibility to build a normal life in this area after the disaster. The buildings are abandoned there. The windows are broken. The playgrounds are overtaken by weeds.
However, the alienation zone is also a tourist attraction. Get off on efforts to be strictly limited to those areas with low radioactive values and lasting health for many tourists a reason to stay away. After all it is not for nothing that the alienation zone protected for more than 25 years; or that workers in the area in many places still have to wear protective clothing.
And yet, as it is with many of the grieving tourism destinations, including the Chernobyl site was converted into a recreational experience. Since 2002 generates the central as perhaps no more energy, but significant gains. Daily tours start there in Kiev. You can plug it all in from 150 dollars, including transport to and from the site and a luncheon. On the roads of the tour bus radioactivity is obviously closely monitored. Therefore, a visit to Chernobyl is even today considered safer than a two-hour plane flight. That the human body would indeed be exposed to a greater radiation than a visit to the alienation zone.
The Holocaust Memorial (Yad Vashem, Jerusalem)
This unique monument is carved from an underground rock. It is a tribute to the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished times the Holocaust (the Nazi persecution of the Jews during the Second World War, 1939-1945). The monument plays with the concept of the memorial candle, which is part of the Jewish tradition to commemorate the dead. The work these candles are reflected endlessly in a dark, gloomy room. Thus, the illusion is created from millions of stars in the firmament. In the background are now to hear the names of the murdered children, along with their ages and their homelands.
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (Phnom Penh)
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum was originally the College of Tuol Sleng. In 1975, during the regime of the Khmer Rouge, this school did, however, as a prison and torture center. The building was known as 'S-21'. Thousands of Cambodians and some foreigners were put in prison and tortured until their execution.
Today the site is a museum. Visitors can see the cells and view pictures of the hundreds of people who lost their lives in Tuol Sleng. It is then interesting to see how the local population reacts today at Tuol Sleng (which translate into Dutch as' Strychnine Hill "). Although they often have themselves the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge experienced, namely the locals are very proud of the presence of this tourist attraction in their neighborhood. They therefore do not hesitate to point the tourist on the famous skull hope. Condition is that tourists will pass transport them to Tuol Sleng, a fee of course.
'Grief Tourist' or 'Dark Tourism' is a financial center. That may sound macabre, but destinations that suffering, death, disaster or poverty within themselves, simply are particularly popular with many travelers. Here are ten top destinations for tourists mourning.
The Auschwitz Concentration Camp (Poland)
Auschwitz (called by the Poles 'Oswiecim') is the largest concentration camp in Nazi history. It served among other things as extermination camp for an estimated more than one million people, mostly Jews. The majority of these victims were killed in the so-called gas chambers. The others had to endure starvation and disease, often resulting in death. The camp was developed by the SS officer Heinrich Himmler, the "architect of the Holocaust". It was also the work of Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor and 'Angel of Death', which the inmates committed to the most heinous "medical" experiments.Auschwitz was a massacre of industry. Her death toll indicates an almost inhuman systematization of the Nazi murder sigh. In just five years, there were 1.6 million prisoners in the camp. Of these, only 400,000 were actually enrolled in the camp registers. The rest went straight to the gas chambers in order then to be cremated in one of the five crematoria of the camp. More than one million people died as the 'factory of death. "
And as Auschwitz remains until today one of the most popular destinations for tourists mourning. The camp is so popular that access is permitted only during the peak season of organized, guided groups. These tours have a significant share in the proceeds of Polish travel industry.
Cu Chi Tunnels (Saigon, Vietnam)
The Cu Chi Tunnels are a network of tunnels under the Cu Chi district in Saigon (Vietnam). During the Vietnam War (1957-1968) the underground network was used by the freedom fighters from the Viet Cong in their struggle against the American occupation. In 1968, for example, if the tunnels served basis from which the Viet Cong launched the famous "Tet Offensive". That led to a humiliating withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam.At the time, the Cu Chi Tunnels were littered with deadly poisonous spiders and scorpions wandering. It was narrow and claustrophobic humidity was unbearable. Moreover, many passages also further equipped with booby traps. Today, however, the location is a popular destination for tourists mourning. The tunnels are just examples of warfare during the Vietnam War. Therefore, the most popular and easiest to reach entrances were widened to the tunnels. A shooting gallery there was also established that the tourist gives a more 'authentic' experience of war. For one dollar you may already there firing a shot from the famous AK-47. Or you can have a meal from the food to the Viet Cong survived the war.
The Dharavi Slum (Mumbai, India)
The slums of Calcutta became world famous by the street action that Mother Teresa and extended there. They were also immortalized by the Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire. Of all the slums in India today is the Dharavi slum largest. Until 2009, this was also true for the whole of Asia. Its residents and visitors are welcomed by heaps, rivers of feces and poor living conditions.
Devil's Island (French Guiana)
Devil's Island is the smallest and most northerly island of the Iles du Salut, an archipelago north of French Guinea. In 1852 the island was established as a penal colony. This happened under the command of Emperor Napoleon III. Until 1952 it remained the most famous penal colony in the world. An exile to the island often equaled the death penalty. The area was extremely inhospitable and the island was a breeding ground for many diseases.
This is not surprising since the archipelago was originally a colony of lepers. The name 'Îles du Salut' literally means' Redemption Island 'or even' Farewell Island. Only later it became the destination of specific transport prisoners from France. The most famous among them was undoubtedly Alfred Dreyfus, known for the famous Dreyfus affair. For the prisoners was Devil's Island "a true trip to hell," as one writer left a note. For the mourning tourist is still a pleasant half-day in a lovely resort on a tropical island.
Ground Zero (New York City, USA)
On 11 September 2001, the world stood still. Two planes flew in short succession by two towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York. , Killing 3,000 people. "Nine Eleven" was the most notorious terrorist attack of modern world history. Obviously, the location where it was once the proud towers were so immediately an attraction for tourists mourning.
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| Ground Zero,Littleny / Shutterstock.com |
Although most of the fighting took place during World War II in Europe, the rest of the world also got more than his share. As most of Southeast Asia in the period 1942-1943 was occupied by Japan, which moreover it had plans to attack India. To achieve this goal, there were however need more support and supply options. Japanese troops were indeed stationed in Burma (Myanmar today is that) and it lacked the infrastructure for such operations.
It was therefore decided to proceed with the construction of a railway that Kanchanabury in Siam (today is that Thailand) had to connect with Moulmein in western Burma. For the construction of this railway were deployed a quarter million workers. Most were Asian or allied prisoner of war under duress. Start Kampen were erected in Burma and Siam with the aim to connect the both ends of the rail halfway with each other.
By food shortages, however, the workers were soon undernourished. Medical and sanitary facilities were thereby nonexistent or inadequate. The overworked got sick so no chance in their fight against malnutrition or malaria, cholera and tropical cancer, which were common ailments in the region. The construction of the 416 kilometer long railway lasted 16 months. During the work died estimated hundred thousand workers, including 13,000 prisoner of war. Their bodies were often buried beside the railroad, where they had killed the accident. It is in this way that the railroad acquired his nickname, "The Railway of Death".
Tourists who want to get an idea of the conditions in which the Railway Workers of Death had to survive, can today visit three museums. Since include photographs to see the work and equipment were exhibited there used during construction. Within driving distance is also a cemetery for about 7,000 workers. Moreover, it is possible to fill a ride on the Railway of Death - an opportunity that likes to take advantage of the mourning tourist to walk down the famous bridge over the River Kwai.
Pont de l'Alma (Paris, France)
Pont de l'Alma is the name of a road tunnel near the eponymous bridge in Paris, France. The tunnel became famous after Princess Diana of Wales upon a car accident died. Along with Diana died her then boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed (son of Mohamed Al-Fayad, the owner of the Ritz hotels) and his chauffeur Henri Paul (security head of the Ritz). Above the entrance of the tunnel to see the flame of freedom. This is an exact replica of the torch that also the New York Liberty typifies. The symbol is considered an unofficial memorial to the death of Princess Diana.
The alienation zone (Chernobyl, Ukraine)
The alienation zone is the perimeter around the Chernobyl nuclear site. On April 26, 1986 exploded on this site a nuclear reactor. The result was the biggest nuclear disaster of its time. The perimeter of the disposal area is thirty kilometers wide. Until today he demonstrates the impossibility to build a normal life in this area after the disaster. The buildings are abandoned there. The windows are broken. The playgrounds are overtaken by weeds.
However, the alienation zone is also a tourist attraction. Get off on efforts to be strictly limited to those areas with low radioactive values and lasting health for many tourists a reason to stay away. After all it is not for nothing that the alienation zone protected for more than 25 years; or that workers in the area in many places still have to wear protective clothing.
And yet, as it is with many of the grieving tourism destinations, including the Chernobyl site was converted into a recreational experience. Since 2002 generates the central as perhaps no more energy, but significant gains. Daily tours start there in Kiev. You can plug it all in from 150 dollars, including transport to and from the site and a luncheon. On the roads of the tour bus radioactivity is obviously closely monitored. Therefore, a visit to Chernobyl is even today considered safer than a two-hour plane flight. That the human body would indeed be exposed to a greater radiation than a visit to the alienation zone.
The Holocaust Memorial (Yad Vashem, Jerusalem)
This unique monument is carved from an underground rock. It is a tribute to the 1.5 million Jewish children who perished times the Holocaust (the Nazi persecution of the Jews during the Second World War, 1939-1945). The monument plays with the concept of the memorial candle, which is part of the Jewish tradition to commemorate the dead. The work these candles are reflected endlessly in a dark, gloomy room. Thus, the illusion is created from millions of stars in the firmament. In the background are now to hear the names of the murdered children, along with their ages and their homelands.
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| Yad Vashed, Photo: David Shankbone / Wiki Commons |
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum was originally the College of Tuol Sleng. In 1975, during the regime of the Khmer Rouge, this school did, however, as a prison and torture center. The building was known as 'S-21'. Thousands of Cambodians and some foreigners were put in prison and tortured until their execution.
Today the site is a museum. Visitors can see the cells and view pictures of the hundreds of people who lost their lives in Tuol Sleng. It is then interesting to see how the local population reacts today at Tuol Sleng (which translate into Dutch as' Strychnine Hill "). Although they often have themselves the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge experienced, namely the locals are very proud of the presence of this tourist attraction in their neighborhood. They therefore do not hesitate to point the tourist on the famous skull hope. Condition is that tourists will pass transport them to Tuol Sleng, a fee of course.
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