We Wanted to Get out of Place of Mass Murder; INTERNATIONAL Holocaust Memorial Day in Coventry on January 27 - the Day the Russians Liberated Auschwitz Concentration Camp in 1945 - Brought Back Unforgettable Memories for Telegraph Reader Peter Surtees. Peter, of Sutton Avenue, Eastern Green, Coventry, Decided to Write about His Experiences Visiting Auswitz Concentration Camp Back in 1993 with His Wife Pat

Byline: Peter Surtees

WHILE driving towards The Ukraine and travelling through Poland, along with my wife, we saw a sign to the little village of Auschwitz or Oswiecim in Polish.

Having read many books and seen so many old black and white documentary films about the concentration camps, we decided that as we were so near, we would pay a short visit to see if it was as bad as it was portrayed.

Finding the actual camp wasn't difficult and we were able to park inside alongside other vehicles including coaches. The feeling we got was that we were at some kind of attraction; in fact 1.3 million people visit there every year. It soon changed when we passed …