Genocide
The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) and Reverberations for The 21st Century This workshop highlights lessons on the Armenian Genocide on how the Armenians preserve their culture since the genocide […]
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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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On our first evening in Warsaw, the guest speakers told us not to leave Poland sad. The weight of this journey holds pain and sadness, but the message was clear. […]
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