Today we successfully got to two very important places – the Sachsenhausen Concentration camp and the Wannsee Conference House. It was a full day – but everyone did great, and the train system served us well.

Although these venues share the same S1 Bahn line, they represent a lot of contrasts between them. One is at the extreme northern tip of the city rail line system, while the other is on the outer edge of the southwest corner. One is marked by depravity while the other features gluttony. One is remembered for the hordes of powerless who toiled there seemingly forever while the other for the select and powerful who tarried there for barely 90 minutes.

The times of discussion after exploring each venue were rich, perceptive, and inclusive of almost every student. They are wrestling hard with how these things could have come to be, and trying to work these themes forward in time to ask important questions about human nature, the power of the situation, and a variety of questions about the nature of the self and our self-other relationships.

Below are some pictures from the day.

Tomorrow we head to the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp, well north of the city.

Late submissions…

Liz caught pictures of all the processing today.