...thoughts for the weekend...

If  you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?

John Wooden

Memories are all we have

Time will blow everything away

Seize the beauty of life today 

Vama - Memories Now

We don’t have to be superstars or win championships…. All we have to do is learn to rise to every occasion, give our best effort, and make those around us better as we do it. 

John Wooden

13...

                " People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them."

Epictetus 

Oamenii nu sunt afectaţi de ceea ce li se întâmplă, ci de cum înţeleg ei ceea ce li se întâmplă.

Epictet

The Bridge of Lies...

        The Romanian name of the bridge is "Podul Minciunilor" which is accurately translated as “The Bridge of Lies”, but most English language descriptions refer to it as "The Liars’ Bridge" ("Lügenbrücke" in German). 

        The Bridge of Lies is the second cast-iron bridge built in Europe and  the first and the oldest cast-iron bridge in service on the entire territory of Romania. 

        Today it is a source of pride for Sibiu, being regarded as one of the most important symbols of the city. The cast-iron bridge was constructed in 1859 to replace a wooden bridge - bearing the same name - which had stood there since 1771. 

        The bridge is unique not only due to its age but also due to the legends that surround it. It was said that the bridge was the perfect place to make an honest vow because it would creak at the slightest lie and would crumble at more serious lies. 

        Today the bridge is a popular place for young lovers who consider it the perfect spot to declare their feelings. Brides and grooms regularly have their customary wedding photos taken on the bridge.

        A bit of advice: when you're on the bridge try to avoid telling lies, however small and harmless they might be! ;-)

Flossenburg Concentration Camp - IV -

 

 The Valley of Death - Flossenburg Concentration Camp

Place of execution - Grassy pyramid - Pile of ashes - Crematorium in The Valley of Death

 Flossenburg Concentration Camp

Lights at Flossenburg Concentration Camp

Neighbours with Flossenburg Concentration Camp

Goodbye Flossenburg

Flossenburg Concentration Camp - III -

The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg

The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg 

The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg 

The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg 

The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg 

The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg 

The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg 

Memorial Stained Glass Window  - The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ - Flossenburg

Memorial Plaque - The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ - Flossenburg

Memorial Plaque - The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ - Flossenburg

Memorial Plaque - The Chapel ‘Jesus in the Dungeon’ at Flossenburg

Flossenburg Concentration Camp - II -

Cemetery of Honour at Flossenburg

Jewish Memorial at Flossenburg

Jewish Memorial at Flossenburg

Star of David  - Jewish Memorial at Flossenburg

Jewish Memorial at Flossenburg

Jewish Memorial at Flossenburg

Flossenburg Concentration Camp - I -

Flossenbürg is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria in Germany. The state-approved leisure area is located in the Bavarian Forest and borders the Czech Republic in the east. During World War II, the Flossenbürg concentration camp was located here. (Information Source - http://en.inforapid.org/index.php?search=Flossenburg )

Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp built in May, 3 1938 by the Schutzstaffel (SS) Economic-Administrative Main Office at Flossenbürg, in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria, Germany, near the border with Czechoslovakia. Until its liberation in April 1945, more than 96,000 prisoners passed through the camp. About 30,000 died there. Before World War II, Flossenbürg was a men's camp primarily for "antisocial" or "criminal" prisoners. The camp's site was chosen so that the inmates could be used as slave labor to quarry the granite found in the nearby hills.The quarries belonged to the SS-owned and -operated German Earth and Stone Works (DEST) company. (Information Source - http://en.inforapid.org/index.php?search=Flossenburg )

Former SS Headquarters at Flossenburg

During World War II, most of the inmates sent to Flossenbürg, or to one of about 100 sub-camps, came from the German-occupied eastern territories. The inmates in Flossenbürg were housed in 16 huge wooden barracks, its crematorium was built in a valley straight outside the camp. In September 1939, the SS transferred 1,000 political prisoners to Flossenbürg from Dachau. In 1941 to 1942, about 1,500 Polish prisoners, mostly members of the Polish resistance, were deported to Flossenbürg. In July 1941, SS guards shot 40 Polish prisoners at the SS firing range outside the Flossenbürg concentration camp. Between February and September 1941 the SS executed about one-third of the Polish political prisoners deported to Flossenbürg. (Information Source - http://en.inforapid.org/index.php?search=Flossenburg )

 Map of Flossenburg Concentration Camp

 Watch Tower at Flossenburg

 Exhibition Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg 

 Laundry at Flossenburg

 Roll Call Ground (in background - Former SS Headquarters) at Flossenburg

 Prisoner's Kitchen at Flossenburg 

  Watch Tower at Flossenburg