Wales squad visits Polish Auschwitz museum amidst Rugby World Cup preparations
The Wales squad visited the museum Auschwitz, initially a concentration and extermination camp in World War II, during their week at a training camp for the Rugby World Cup.
German concentration camps had been a norm in and during World War II. One such camp was established at Auschwitz, Poland, during 1940. It has become a symbol of the Holocaust which produced the mass terror during the World War II. However, in 1945 the camp
was finally freed from n***s by the Soviet soldiers. Since 1947, Polish Government has established a museum at Auschwitz to honour the victims of such a mass genocide and condemn such actions publicly.
One of the censures of the Holocaust was that, the camp was put as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Another such action was the visit to the Auschwitz camp and museum by the Wales squad of currently the Six Nations fixtures of the Rugby Union.
The Wales squad, consisting of 42 out of 47 of its team members, has been staying in Spala, Poland. This team of 42 individuals is at a specialised skills and fitness training camp for its pre-World Cup preparation. This camp trains the players through Cryotherapy
chambers.
This particular technique helps a single player achieve more than his usual and regular training targets. The use of Cryotherapy helps the players increase their daily amount of training and they can pack more practice in one day. The chambers reduce the
recovery time of injuries by employing extremely low temperatures, and thus the player can train for more number of hours than usual.
Amidst such a vigorous training program, the Squad took a break for a trip to the Polish museum at Auschwitz. The players in introspect have come to realise the situation of the camps and as the squads player Martyn Williams said, “We thought it was important
to go and I think we are all glad we went. We've found out a little about the place we have been staying and its history, but we have also been to a site of huge historical significance and it is something that will stay with me and, I'm sure, everyone else
forever.”
The whole team was likewise appreciative of the visit to the museum, and of an experience of the n***s concentration camps. The enlightened visit during training sessions in the Cryotherapy chambers helped the Squad view the situation that would have existed
in the camps which became part of the great Holocaust and genocide. The Squad is realising that these reprehensible acts should be condemned.
Aside from their visit, the training itself is being greatly appreciated by the Wales Squad players. Most of the players like Williams and George North are looking forward to the next training camp that will be held from July 16 to July 26.
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