Jackie Golblum
This trip to Germany didn’t feel real to me until I arrived at the airport on Sunday evening. It didn’t feel real until I saw my friends, Sara and Emily, […]
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When I first applied for this trip, I had doubts that I would get accepted. What could a Math and Computer Science teacher contribute to CWBs mission and goals? I felt like […]
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Don’t tell me evil is not real.It’s as real as hair used to make rugs after shaving it off a person you are about to kill.It’s as real as shoes […]
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I have seen a lot of upsetting things today. It brings the whole “I’m not prepared” blog post to a whole new level. We visited Auschwitz today… Hair Glasses Shoes […]
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We went to Auschwitz today. The concentration camp was large, seeming similar in size to Majdanek. It was also full of terrible spaces, torture rooms and gas chambers. We then […]
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We are lingering past the photos of Polish prisoners. We gaze too long, drinking in their features, until the next guide hurries us along. They are shorn and wear identical […]
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This was our second concentration camp visit. It was an emotional day all around. I participated as a reader in the memorial service so I was trying to control my […]
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Today, as we observed the monument being placed into the ground, I couldn’t help but be consumed by these thoughts. Throughout our entire journey, a lingering feeling of forgotten stories […]
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the smack of hands meeting before a quick embrace fills the little square of the Old Town of Lublin. two men grin at each other. “dzień dobry!” “dzień dobry!” their […]
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