Poland

It is 11:40 in Cracow and even though our wake up call is at 3AM, I find I am not the only one awake in our lobby using the wifi […]

This photo and caption speaks volumes about the power of traveling with a survivor. During our visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau yesterday, the students and teachers heard Howard’s testimony about […]

Following a one hour bus ride from Krakow through modern architecture and lush Polish countryside we arrived at Auschwitz I.  Walking through the iron gates that lied, “Work Will Set […]

I had planned to blog every day, but I hadn’t accounted for the emotions that would hit me when we went to Treblinka and Majdanek. I have been teaching about […]

I’m not sure what I expected on this trip. I’ve been studying the Holocaust and World War II since I was in the fifth grade. Never once did it ever […]

This morning the educators and students walked through parts of Warsaw, a city that was 85% destroyed during the war. The wealth of archived historical information allowed us to learn […]

We arrived in Warsaw, tired and hungry, but eager to begin our journey. The educators and students went to their separate buses and headed to the Jewish cemetery and then […]

It’s 2:30 am here in Warsaw and despite the fact that I’m truly learning exactly what the meaning of “jet lag” is, I find myself wide awake. We’ve been in […]