Figure 2: Crowd of Solidarity supporters in 1989. Source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Wybory_1989_2.jpg

Underdogs: How Unlikely Figures Present Hope for Change

By Harrison Vogt A Movement in Communist Poland Provides Hope…
Treptow Park Full View. Photo credit Visitberlin.de

To See or Not to See: The Visibility of Historical Monuments

By Anna Sebree The purpose of a monument is to be seen. A…
Photo of the entrance to Płaszów camp site

Płaszów: A Recreational Park Built on a Concentration Camp

By Capriana Cormier KL Płaszów was a Nazi concentration…
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Public Memory and Remembrance in Berlin

By Ella Farrell With over fifty memorials and monuments, the…
Blocks at The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin

The 11th Commandment-“Never be a bystander”: Reflections of Human Indifference and Unresponsiveness to Atrocious Behavior and Why Speaking-Up Matters

By Harrison Vogt In the poem Campo Dei Fiori, Czesław…
The Płaszow McDonald's. Phot credit to Pkrowoderska.pl

Where can you Build a McDonald’s in Poland?

By Connor Arneson In Kraków, south of Old Town, near the intersection…
View of three ‘Stumbling Stones’ in Berlin. Photo credit Capriana Cormier.

Confronting Memory in Urban Space

By Sophie Creager-Roberts This semester I participated in courses…
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Castles: Telling More Than Just Fairytales

By Capriana Cormier While in Poland, I had been able to visit…
Replica of the crematorium used at Treblinka. Photo credits: Ella Farrell

The Hidden History of the Holocaust

By Ella Farrell On our bus ride to Treblinka, I remember not…
Replica of the crematorium used at Treblinka. Photo credits: Ella Farrell

Life After War: The Bad, the Bad, and the Worse

By Anna Sebree There are no two ways about it: life after war…