Ascent Of Man, episode 11 - Knowledge Or Certainty .... " The stillness of the place [ Auschwitz] is like something from a dream "

[ "jacob was my grandmother's first cousin. i've never seen this before. i don't know how he managed to keep speaking so eloquently whilst flooded with the sorts of feelings that made him spontaneously walk into that water. my mum, dad, brother and i visited auschwitz, ourselves, when i was 22, back in 2002. everything about the place felt so ordinary. there was still grass. there were still birds in the trees. just buildings and fences and tarmac. same sky. same earth as everywhere else i've ever been. the stillness of the place is like something from a dream. how can it be so still, one asks oneself? his family was my family. all the polish side i can never know. i'm only here because his cousin, annie flatto, left poland to come to london. otherwise, i wouldn't be here, either. i wish i believed we were better, now. " ]