On a modern train to Auschwitz

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: February 8, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

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Headline: On a modern train to Auschwitz Byline: Rabbi Walter Rothschild Edition; Magazine Section: Features Page: 10

Friday, February 8, 2002 -- I have never traveled to Auschwitz the usual way; instead, I prefer to take a passenger train from Berlin, where I live.There are good links by both day and night trains; the only real problem with the latter is that one is woken at the border for the passport controls. But this year I had to get a train on Saturday late afternoon - Motza'ei Shabbat - from Munich to Salzburg, change there for a train to Vienna, change stations ...

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