Sarah Grand
As a teacher of AP US History, I have found the start of this tour absolutely fascinating. The material I am gathering for my future students is invaluable. At the […]
As a historian, I am moved by the courage and foresight of Emanuel Ringelblum to preserve the history and personal stories of those Jews confined in the Warsaw Ghetto during […]
Today would have been my Mother’s 81st birthday. After five years, it hasn’t become easier to live without her unconditional love, wisdom and guidance. Well into adulthood and well past […]
This poem is by Lucille Clifton, and I chose it because the poem suggests a cyclical nature of time and history. As I prepared for this trip, I could not […]
by Eileen Schmucker I traveled alone without my GROUP to Pittsburgh because I was not in Florida when they left. So I have many hours waiting in the airport for […]
Visiting Auschwitz was a surreal and profoundly moving experience. As the largest Nazi German concentration camp and, since 1942, also a mass extermination center for Jews, Auschwitz stands as a […]
Going to the town today was beautiful. Starting off with the bus ride to it. The whole route was just view after view. It goes to show that there’s so […]
We started our day with a walking tour of the limited remains of the Warsaw Ghetto. Among the bustling capital city of Poland are fragments of the ghetto wall, unobtrusive […]
In Majdanek’s silent blocks they lie,Echoes of lives that passed us by,A sea of shoes, a testament,To lives extinguished, souls that went. Leather worn, fabric frayed,Tiny shoes where children played,Heels […]
As an English teacher and a First Amendment professor, I spend a lot of time thinking about words. In my role as a high school English teacher, I am constantly […]