From 1940 to 1945, a concentration camp located in Mauthausen, Austria was a place of torture and murder for hundreds of thousands of people during World War II.   Prisoners consisted of men, women and children from various races and creeds.  By 1945, more than 15,000 or over 19% of the total prison population were children [...]

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Cemeteries have a strange and macabre attraction for the curious and the morose.  The dark symbolism of granite headstones, monuments, and crypts, viewed by some with sorrow and grief, is often no more than a part of a sightseeing itinerary for the general populace.
Pere-LaChaise in Paris, France, a burial place for such notable figures as [...]

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