The Holocaust
For me, the Classrooms Without Borders Poland, Personally seminar was a once in a lifetime opportunity for educators, a comprehensive lesson in what Poland was to the Jewish people for […]
We started the day by taking the train to Nurnberg. First we were given a tour of the former Nazi rally grounds, including the massive Congress Hall which was being […]
Today, on a rainy summer day, our group had the honor of visiting Dachau concentration camp. Our tour guide, Gerd, described the long-running camp to us in terms of the […]
The most well known concentration camp is Dachau. It began just after Hitler took power in 1933, and it was liberated ten days before Germany surrendered in 1945. Throughout its […]
Nestled in the shadow of Munich’s imposing Nazi-era buildings stands the Documentation Center—a place designed not to hide Germany’s past, but to confront it. Inside, history is made accessible. Documents […]
There’s dirt on my shoes. After a full week of walking through Poland, this should not be that surprising. These shoes are a lilac purple with a few accents of […]
In a journal entry from Abraham Lewin, he writes “Future generations will not believe.” In a time where anti-semitism is on the rise, I wasn’t shocked to see this. In an […]
Today’s free day in Krakow was a much needed respite from the heaviness we experienced over the past week. After morning reflection and collaboration sessions with our peers, each person […]
“Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you […]
I can’t believe it’s been six days since first arriving in Poland. I could have postedreflections earlier, because there’s been so much ground covered every single day. I’mglad I waited […]