Day: May 30, 2026

2026 Holocaust Studies Tour, Day 5: Bonhoeffer House, Olympic Stadium, Platform 17, and more

Today we pivoted away from a visit to Sachsenhausen and instead were welcomed by Albrecht Winterhager into the family house of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He shared some of the Bonhoeffer story and then let us explore the house, including the study upstairs that Dietrich would use when he was in Berlin. Then, since we were only one train station away, we went to Berlin’s Olympia Stadion – built by Hitler for the 1936 games, this is where Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals. The trains were not helping us make it to Sachsenhausen…so, we’ll try to get there on Monday. Instead,

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