Auschwitz and other thoughts...

I'm so irritated about the sign at Auschwitz being stolen. Some may find that odd. But I have always been fascinated by what happened during the Holocaust. Why? I don't know, but I am. I am hugely sympathetic to those murdered and their survivors. Truly awful what happened back then. Part of me thinks, that maybe I was in a camp in a past life. The same way I am so fascinated with ancient Egypt. Maybe I lived in the days of the Pharaohs. Not sure if I do or do not believe in that stuff. But the thought crosses my mind sometimes as to why I (or anyone) has a deep affinity to a person, culture, location or place in time. But I digress. As far as that sign being stolen, I compare it to any significant artifact being stolen from a country during wartime, or peace. And also the fact that there are certain things I want to see before I am no longer able to. One in the past, was the Berlin Wall. I would have found it so impactful to have seen the Wall, prior to it coming down. And every once in a while it comes up that "they" are worried that Mt Vesuvius will erupt again, and once again cover the city of Pompeii. I would regret not having seen it. So the same thing with this sign. I did just read that they immediately replaced it with a replica. But it's not the same thing.