🚂 Riding Thailand's Death Railway solo for $3 revealed stories most tours never tell you 😢🇹🇭

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This Scenic Train Ride Through Thailand Hides One of WWII's Darkest Secrets. Here's How to Ride It

The Death Railway got its name from the 100,000+ lives lost building it during WWII. Today, you can ride this historic route independently from …

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Gesten besuchten wir den Hellfire Pass.

Dieser Einschnitt durch das Gestein war für eine Zugverbindung von Burma nach Thailand während des 2 Weltkrieges notwendig.

Kriegsgefangene mussten unter japanischer Herrschaft mit Vorschlaghammer und Handborer Löcher in das Gestein treiben. In diesen Löchern wurde später das Dynamit gesteckt und die Felsen herrausgesprengt.

Der Pass wurde Höllenfeuerpass genannt, weil der Anblick der abgemagerten Gefangenen, die im Schein brennender Fackeln schufteten, einer Szene aus der Hölle ähnelte.

Das ganze fand unter grausamsten Bedingungen statt und die Leute starben zu zehntausenden.

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