Each spring I take Asbury University students to Berlin and Krakow to study aspects of the Holocaust. We learn about the euthanasia efforts in Nazi-Germany as well as the concentration and extermination camp system. Among other events, students are led through guided tours of Sachsenhausen, Ravensbruck, and Auschwitz. Accounts of the victims, perpetrators, bystanders, and rescuers, are each confronted and considered by the students as they attempt to wade into the perplexing waters of the what, how, and whys of these horrible events. Furthermore, the holocaust narrative is used as a portal into a raw and unvarnished examination of the darkness that besets the human condition. To learn more about these trips (non-AU students are welcome to apply), visit the Asbury University website.
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 9/10 (Group 1)
Tour at Schindler Factory and Free Kraków The last two full days for Group 1 featured a guided tour through the museum that now sits
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 8 (Group 1)
Auschwitz I and II (Birkenau) On Thursday, we traveled the 50km or so out of Kraków to the Polish village of Oświȩcim, renamed by the
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 7 (Group 1)
Travel Day On Wednesday, the team took an 8+ hour bus trip from Berlin to Krakow. It was uneventful, beautiful, restful…needed. We got to the
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 6 (Group 1)
U.S. Embassy, Babelplatz, and the Olympic Stadium of Berlin Tuesday was our last full day in Berlin. We managed to cram in a visit to
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 5 (Group 1)
Ravensbrück Concentration Camp On Monday, we journeyed by regional train one-hour north of Berlin to Furstenberg-an-der-Havel. Just on the other side of the beautiful Lake
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 4 (Group 1)
Sachsenhausen – one of the most important camps in the Nazi system On Sunday, we toured the Sachsenhausen labor camp in Oranienburg, just a few
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 3 (Group 1)
The Jewish Museum of Berlin Today was primarily taken up with a visit to the Jewish Museum of Berlin. In the installation, the visitor in
Holocaust Studies Tour – Day 2 (Group 1)
A trip to Brandenburg an der Havel The main event for today was a trip out the western side of Berlin on a Region 1