Tag: Bad Tölz

The definition of hell

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“So this is hell. I’d never have believed it. You remember all we were told about the torture-chambers, the fire and brimstone, the “burning marl.” Old wives’ tales! There’s no need for red-hot pokers. Hell is—other people!”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

During the last days of the war in April 1945 prisoners from the concentration camp Dachau walked in agony past this place to an unknown fate.

Sartre’s quote from his stage play has always been true. In small, insidious ways, and in large, horrific ways.

There were numerous death marches from concentration camps to other locations (i.e. away from the advance of the allied forces). In 2025 there was a remembrance march passing this sculpture in Bad Tölz behind a banner reading “Never again”.

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Hell

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The Wonders and Perils of Looking Up

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That’s a house in the town centre of Bad Tölz. Like most houses here it is beautifully maintained. It has a cute little dormer, the windows are set-off by paintings and it has painted and raised stone panels running up the facade. Looking up reveals a painted, maybe even tiled border in the overhang of the roof. The difficulty in photographing a house like this is caused by the narrow streets which makes it difficult to get a shot of of the whole house. Furthermore, being in a group and not being able to really set up a shot results in cut off corners and weird angles. But here it is.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: View from Below (High Angle)

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Bavarian Windows

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After showing the elegant windows with painted or raised frames seen in the town centre of Bad Tölz, here are a few windows confirming more with the cliché of Bavarian windows. Monday Window

Framed!

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More windows from the town of Bad Tölz in Bavaria. This time with raised and colour contrasting frames. Monday Window