By Lindsay Zerfas Resistance to the Nazi regime took many different forms in occupied Europe. In many of these movements, women were a key part of resistance because they were less conspicuous, and therefore had greater chances of success in their activities. One of these women is Fania Brantsovsky. Through learning about Fania and her […]
By Ali Dunbar Prague is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe. A few of my friends who had previously visited described the city as “the Paris of Eastern Europe – full of wanderlust.” Therefore, I had many expectations for Prague. Although a beautiful city that has an extensive history of surviving many […]
By Lindsay Zerfas “We would like to know how you would generate a good memorial.” These are words our professors said to us this past weekend during a workshop at the Topography of Terror in Berlin. They wanted to know what we thought was important to include in a memorial and how we would generate […]
By Brigitta Pupillo From the start of our trip in Central Europe there has been a constant theme of suppressing and manipulating history. Our recent trip to Berlin then was refreshing because the city, at least more so than the other places we have visited, takes responsibility for its dark and brutal history, mainly the […]
By Brigitta Pupillo When I first arrived in Central Europe I felt very prepared and confident, to the point of almost arrogance. I knew that we would be gaining palpable knowledge about the Holocaust and the broader history of anti-Semitism in Europe, but my initial attitude was “I had already learned much of it before.” […]