By April Dvorak As I immerse myself in Central Europe through travel and studies, I have become fascinated in Kwame Anthony Appiah’s writing about cosmopolitanism. Appiah explores that every human holds value and are entitled to live according to different ideals. For example, one can be tied to a country of birth as well as […]
By Caroline Simon Prior to embarking to Europe on my study abroad program, I expected to confront the horrors of the Holocaust. I thought I knew plenty from classes I have taken, books I have read, and movies I have watched; I was certain, however, that being in the places where these atrocities took place […]
By Luke Burke I was unsure of what to do on my first night in Vienna. I wanted to do something educational, and looking back on it now I think what I did was more thought provoking than any museum exhibition I could have stumbled upon. Recommended by my teacher, I went to see Leni […]
By Maryrose Dollard In my studies in Central Europe, the information tour guides shared with us that was most interesting to me was sometimes not even said explicitly but nestled in underlying facts. I was often left with questions. Why was it so easy for neighbor to turn on neighbor during the Holocaust era? Why […]
By Jacqueline Murrer Whether it be for art, architecture, or history, museums serve as magnificent places to see artifacts from pivotal moments in history or art, and places to fully immerse yourself in another time period. Some may visit museums on their own for fun or to attend various events. More often than not, people visit […]
By Esme Rummelhart Traveling through Central Europe, history surrounds us from every angle; fragments of old city walls in Vienna, the fortifications of empires from a distant era, back up against apartment complexes and sit across the street from McDonalds. In Prague, we absorb the streets of Old Town gazing up at astounding relics of Gothic, […]
By Zoe Fruchter “The everyday phrases are the hardest to change,” says our Polish Language instructor, Łukasz, as he explains to five confused Americans how to introduce ourselves in this new language. If you’ve ever attempted to learn a foreign language, you are already aware of this unofficial linguistic principal. The structures of everyday phrases […]
By Cesar Gray Say, if violence were a product, exchangeable and possessable as any other commodity, then perhaps there are no greater examples of its monopolization than those of the totalitarian regimes of Europe in the 20th century. Each stop along our tour of Central Europe told another tale of a state monopoly on violence […]
Hanz produced a short documentary about Maciej Mandelt, a full-time volunteer at Nomada whose goal is to help immigrants and other minority groups in Wrocław. His concerns about his work are revealed as he tells his history of working with the organization. Click here to watch White and Stupid: Confessions of an activist
By Mia White The Second World War and its atrocities ended over 70 years ago and it is now much harder to find and talk to survivors than only twenty years ago. With the survivors dying and time passing, the lessons of the Holocaust are in the danger of losing their power. With many survivors […]