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Zen Peacemakers Bearing Witness Retreat at Auschwitz
June 6-12, 2010


Jitsudo and Ryushin attended the Zen Peacemakers retreat at the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in Oswiecim, Poland.  Roshi Bernie Glassman and Sensei Eve Myonen Marko returned for the first time in several years.  Peter Matthiessen also participated as well as approximately 160 other people from many different countries, ethnic backgrounds, and spiritual traditions.

In addition to the photos Ryushin took (below) you may also enjoy the work of friend Jake Lorfing which you can find here.


After flying to Krakow and touring the old town square...









...the group visited a Jewish cemetery







Then we traveled by bus to the Center for Dialogue and Prayer.





The first day at Auschwitz I...











The Killing Wall...





A service inside the gas chamber...





Auschwitz II - Birkenau

















Chanting the names of those who died.





Inside a barracks, as it appears today...





...and as it appeared on shortly after liberation.





A group gathers for service.  Bernie, Eve, Peter Matthiessen and others participate.