Poland
There are some places where you don’t learn history. You experience it. Today we visited Majdanek. Before coming to Poland, I had read about Majdanek. I’ve taught about the Holocaust […]
Consumed by the fires of hatred, clouds of smoky ash, once precious human lives, rose from this valley of death, crying out in agony. As they drift back to earth, […]
We walked freely on the paths and through the same doorways that brought thousands to their deaths. I looked out of the windows and saw the same scene that those […]
Our journey brought us to Łańcut, a town defined by a profound contrast between aristocratic grandeur and sacred Jewish memory. We began by walking through a breathtaking, sprawling park where […]
Driving through the Polish forest under a brilliant blue sky, my mind drifts back to the very beginning of this journey at the POLIN Museum, specifically to the old Jewish […]
Does the grass know? Do the dandelions whisper the memory of the restless souls of the departed? The beauty of nature holds the space for their stories. When the birds […]
NN Theatre – the name stands for “No Name” Theatre. On the bus I shared that I’ve been thinking a lot about the role the performing arts, especially theater, can […]
The Death Camp at Treblinka, or what remains of it, is one of the most impacting sites in the Polish nation. In the effort to conceal the camp, The Germans […]
NN Theatre – the name stands for “No Name” Theatre. On the bus I shared that I’ve been thinking a lot about the role the performing arts, especially theater, can […]
It was an hour and a half trip for the 87 of us to travel from Warsaw to Treblinka. We sat down in comfortable seats, cool air conditioning blew onto […]