Genocide
Today we left Warsaw and on our way to the Treblenka Death Camp, I saw a sign for Białystok and I wondered how many relatives of my family may have […]
Yesterday, as part of my journey through Poland with Classrooms Without Borders, I visited Treblinka. It was an experience that challenged me in ways I did not expect. What struck […]
As we toured the land where the Warsaw Ghetto once stood, we began the memorial walk. Navigating from one section of the ghetto wall, we walked back to the main […]
Monuments can be affecting due to their size, physical shape, coloration, symbolism, etc. Today when we visited the Warsaw Deportations Monument I was mostly affected by the adjacent physical space. The monument […]
While the vast thousand-year history of Polish Jewry is breathtaking, it was the final, postwar gallery that truly shook me. Walking into the exhibit covering the Soviet era after World […]
Can we all be like Anna who by age 20 did more for humanity than most of us have done in their entire lifetime? Her story so powerful, so profound! […]
“Echoes Across Time: Voices of Survival and Lessons for Our Future” In collaboration with the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre As we stand on the cusp of history, the voices […]
In the smallest of communities we saw life. At their synagogue, in their JCC and across theircity, Tallinners are creating a Jewish future. This pursuit, which Estonians exhibited, is evidencethat […]
In Vilnius, our guide called parks “scars of war.” The playgrounds we saw, where children descended colorful slides and adults gathered onnearby benches, were erected after the war. In some […]