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Entrance to Auschwitz Concentration Camp.
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A Proper Memorial to the Holocaust

By Alexander Wilgocki Europe, specifically Central Europe,…
The Shoes on The Danube memorial in Budapest, marks a spot where thousands of Jews were shot into the Danube river.  This site is perhaps controversial for lacking descriptors, but it forces people to think about what had happened.
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Who Are Memorials For?

By Jay Skelton As our group traveled around Europe, the most…
A Visitor Takes a Selfie at Auschwitz-Birkenau
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Desecrated Graves: Tombstones and Selfies

By Aren Burnside When examining history, there is often a…
Bloc 11 in Auschwitz shows the images a photographer took of prisoners upon their arrival at the camp these images were used to identify prisoners if they were to escape.
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The Children of Atrocities

By Anthony Russo Before coming to Europe and seeing all the…
Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photo by Taylora Krzeminski
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Rethinking Remembrance

By Rody Conway The 20th century was a century of unprecedented…
gifts left at lety concentration camp memorial
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The Roma Are People Too

By Clare Toner Part of what drew me to the Central Europe…
Bela Kun Memorial
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Let History Speak for Itself

By Kyra McDermott In every corner of the world, monuments…
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Overshadowing Holocaust Remembrance in Central Europe

By Taylor Krzeminski In Central Europe, memorialization of…
St. Stephens Cathedral
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Places of Worship Commercialized

By Anthony Russo During all of our travels the one thing I was…