{"id":1250,"date":"2024-09-29T18:17:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-29T18:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghosts-of-war.com\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2024-10-11T18:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T18:13:51","slug":"strange-meeting-poland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghosts-of-war.com\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"Strange Meeting, Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-contrast-2-color has-text-color has-link-color has-alegreya-font-family wp-elements-33a5ee52669fb892f9d8342b493f4dc1\" style=\"font-size:clamp(15.747px, 0.984rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.86), 24px);\">After seeing the main areas of Birkenau Concentration Camp, and learning of the horrors that had occurred there, it was a relief to find a tranquil patch of nature. 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