A Classroom (and a Moving Ceremony) in Brandenburg Today we were joined and led by my friend, Christian Marx, historian and educator who works for the Brandenburg location of the Memorial to the Victims of Euthanasia Murder. He kindly met us in Berlin at the “Trains to Death, Trains to Life” Memorial at Friedrichstrasse Station and then escorted us to and through the beautiful city of Brandenburg (stopping to see a segment of the old city wall as well as a beautiful St. Catherine’s church, the original structure dating back to the 1200’s) and then on to the memorial. Here

Walking, Learning, Processing, and then more Walking! Today I need to be short and sweet. Up at 6:30 for an airport run (all students are here now!!!) and then well over 20k steps were taken to accomplish our walking tour of downtown Berlin. I’m crashing fast. Here are the events and locations followed by a set of pics – most from the student’s eye. We peeked inside St. Mary’s church, then stopped by the Rosenstrasse Protest Memorial, then we paced through Museum Island, by the German History Museum and Humboldt University on our way to Bebelplatz. Then, through Gendarmenmarkt on

Arrivals and Delays Tuesday is our first day in Berlin. Unfortunately, three of our team members will not be able to join us until tomorrow morning – the perils of international travel. A modest agenda for the first day involved exploring Alexanderplatz as well as a few places of interest that sit along the main east/west rail spine that bisects this capital city – namely, the East Side Gallery, Hackescher Markt, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. We are excited to be joined by the remaining group members within hours. By midday tomorrow we should be all together as we