
2026 Holocaust Studies Tour, Day 1: Welcome to Berlin!
Well, the gang is all here! All-in-all, gathering them up from the airport and train stations was rather uneventful. Just one flight hiccup and one ICE train delay. Very thankful for that. It nice to finally be all together in Berlin after having met several times as a group in our pre-tour spring meetings. Let me say emphatically, the questions are already flowing. “Did I see a Nazi pin on the shirt of that guy who was panhandling?” “How do the Germans feel about people coming to their country to learn about the Holocaust?” “Is it just me or are