I recommend reading this NYT article http://http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/arts/19auschwitz.html?emc=....

I keep thinking about the following quote by Marek Zajac:

“When I am at Auschwitz I start looking at the world and at my own life. I remind myself of what’s important, which is so easy to forget. In the kingdom of death you can find the meaning of life. At the biggest cemetery in the world I know what I live for.”

JCT