Our day started with a quick breakfast in Radom and a three hour trek to Częstochowa, in the south of Poland. Our first stop was a place that will be hard to forget. 20 minutes outside of the city is the third largest cemetery in the country and is devoted strictly to the Jewish faith, yet the last burial to take place there was in 1970. With almost 5000 bodies buried there, the size of the cemetery is immense, but the factor of eeriness comes from the condition of this land. After being desecrated during World War II, there are headstones strewn about while an incredibly alive forest has formed here. Moss has filled in the engraved names and tributes, trees have uprooted more headstones, and bushes have formed around mausoleums across this still consecrated area. As we walked through, we were overcome with a feeling of peace, yet it was still hard to grasp the amount of death that was around us. After we left we traveled to the site of a mass grave where 2000 Jews were killed and thrown into a grave and covered by concrete. The bodies have since been removed, but small headstones remain the remember the site. Following that, we traveled to the memorial site for Jews transported out of Częstochowa to Treblinka. The memorial, on the site of the old train station, was created by the only Treblinka survivor from Częstochowa, and was formed with brick and the rails of the train tracks that transported these souls. We then traveled to the site of the Ghetto Uprising, commemorated by a small plaque in the Old City Square. Our final stop after the sights we planned, was Jasna Góra Monastery, a pilgrimage site for Catholics around the world. The still functioning monastery is the home of Our Lady of Częstochowa, better known as Black Madonna of Częstochowa. The incredibly decorated holy site is also a site where thousands come, looking for divine healing from above. Tonight we have arrived in Oświęcim. As soon as we stepped out of the car, our noses were filled with a smell of something that has been burned. We have had no other interaction with the city other than that. Tomorrow will bring us as close as we can be to those that we lost 75 years ago. We have no expectations for tomorrow, but we know that we will be changed forever.