Street Map of Tolcsva, photographed by William Brock
Street Scenes
William
Brock posted photos on his blog from his trip to Tolcsva in 2010.
He has kindly given permission to use some of those in this KehilaLinks
site. For those interested, you can read William's complete blog.
Thanks, William!
Olaszliszka-Tolcsva Train Station, from here you
can take a short 7 km bus ride to Tolcsva
Tolcsva Street Scenes, possibly "main road" on a rainy day. Notice vineyards on rightmost photo, on hill top.
Train Tracks at Olaszliszka-Tolcsva Train Station
Poignant words from William BROCK's blog, as he and friends were about to leave Tolcsva:
"When we
reached the train station at Olaszliszka-Tolcsva, we had about a half
hour wait, and while I was waiting and looking at the train tracks, I
realized that members of my grandparents' family were no doubt shipped
along those very same train tracks to Auschwitz and Mauthausen where
they were murdered by the Nazis. I was drawn to the train tracks, I
couldn't stop looking at them and wondering what it must have felt like
for my ancestors to be shipped in box cars along the same rails which I
would be riding back to Budapest. Over sixty years have passed, but the
rails are still there, and so are the memories."
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