A Dream Come True: Lessons Learned While Exploring East Central Europe, and the Value of Experiencing History Firsthand
By Anna Meehan
When I was young, my favorite book was “A History…
22 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Sejny_Photo_2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sejny_Photo_2-1-705x545.jpg)
Sejny as Inspiration for a Refugee Organization in Syracuse
By Sofia DaCruz
In northeastern Poland, on the border of Lithuania,…
22 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Moments_Before_I_Encountered_a_Man_with_his_Sonnenrad](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Moments_Before_I_Encountered_a_Man_with_his_Sonnenrad-705x529.jpg)
Historical Retelling of Polish-Jewish Relations: The PiS as Storytellers
By Sierra Kaplan
The stories we hear as kids remain in our memory…
22 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![03](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/03-705x588.jpg)
These Walls Are Screaming: Graffiti in Central Europe
By Ian Eisenbrand
When moving through the streets and…
13 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![CoverphotoUrbanlabs2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CoverphotoUrbanlabs2-705x500.jpg)
Lost Narratives: The Roma Struggle for Recognition in Europe
By Leanne Rivera
Today according to the EU Multimedia…
12 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![A_symbolic_gravestone_from_the_main_Treblinka_memorial_](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/A_symbolic_gravestone_from_the_main_Treblinka_memorial_-705x529.jpg)
(In)Accessible Spaces: Struggles and Solutions Through the Lens of Memorial Sites
By Sierra Kaplan
800 stairs down, 135 meters deep, 3.5…
12 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![21301bcf-cdb4-4d0c-b37f-143827edb8d9](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/21301bcf-cdb4-4d0c-b37f-143827edb8d9-529x705.jpg)
Living Spaces as Memorials and Places of Memory
By Andrew Emerson
Throughout human history there is no shortage…
11 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Obraz4](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Obraz4.jpg)
Observing Relationships Between Soviet Memorials and Public Memory in East-Central Europe
By Anna Meehan
Soviet memorials can be encountered across Central…
11 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Soviet_War_Memorial_#2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Soviet_War_Memorial_2-705x529.jpg)
Nature Is the Strongest Healing Force
By Kennedy Snyder
Throughout our travels and studies, we have…
11 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Urban_Lab_Photo](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Urban_Lab_Photo-1-705x447.jpg)
The Linguistic Power of the Bavarian Quarter
By Charlotte Goodman
Jew (jü) Noun
1. a person belonging…
7 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Photo 5](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Photo-5-1-705x411.jpeg)
An Ode to The German Jewish History of Wroclaw
By Maddie Hartog
“After every war
someone has to tidy up.
Things…
7 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![TreptowerPark_5](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/TreptowerPark_5-705x529.jpg)
Treptower Park Soviet War Memorial: A View of Berlin Through Red Tinted Glasses
By Suryansh Singh
Situated alongside the serpentine banks of…
6 December 2023/by Anita Jakubik![IMAGE_ONE](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMAGE_ONE-1-529x705.jpg)
Democracy Idealized Through Dinnerware: Small Objects Tell a Much Larger Story
By Abigail Wright
In the final stretch of our visit to Birkenau,…
30 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![4_-_Stolperstein_Berlin](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/4_-_Stolperstein_Berlin-1-705x529.jpg)
Memorials Made Visible: School Curriculums as Essential to Memory Work
By Sofia DaCruz
Walking through the streets of Amsterdam with…
29 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![IMG_5119](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5119-1-705x575.jpg)
Pope Saint John Paul II and Reality vs Perception
By Andrew Emerson
Pope John Paul II is a figure whose legacy…
21 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![treblinka 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/treblinka-1-705x594.jpg)
Replanting the Tree of Life
By Charlotte Goodman
It’s a beautiful day. You’re walking…
19 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![CoverPhoto](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/CoverPhoto.jpg)
Remembering the Children of War
By Leanne Rivera
During the Second World War, countless children…
19 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![The Ulica Próżna Tenements Before Reconstruction (1)](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/The-Ulica-Próżna-Tenements-Before-Reconstruction-1-705x529.jpeg)
Shades of Whiteness: Perceiving Restoration Efforts of Formerly Jewish Spaces Within Poland
By Sierra Kaplan
Every Rynek can leave the average tourist…
19 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![image003](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/image003-705x529.jpg)
The Importance of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
By Kennedy Snyder
Throughout our time on the traveling…
19 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Photo_5__Graffiti_depicting_the_Kotwica_in_Wrocław._](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Photo_5__Graffiti_depicting_the_Kotwica_in_Wrocław._-529x705.jpg)
The Kotwica
By Ian Eisenbrand
In Polish, Kotwica means anchor. It is also…
17 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Krakow Dragon Fire](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Krakow-Dragon-Fire-1-705x490.jpg)
What is Effective Storytelling? City Wide Fantastical Creatures Compared to the Borderland Foundation
By Maddie Hartog
When walking through Krakow, I was inclined…
17 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Malbork Castle 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Malbork-Castle-1-705x529.jpeg)
Fortifying History: A Look at Castles in Poland
By Suryansh Singh
For me, visiting a castle is a mystical…
17 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Photo 2 Warsaw Rising Museum Exhibit](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Photo-2-Warsaw-Rising-Museum-Exhibit-705x529.jpg)
“Forum” and “Shrine”: A Tool for Analyzing Museums
By Sofia DaCruz
I have visited many museums in my life, subconsciously…
16 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![IMAGE_ONE](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMAGE_ONE-705x442.jpg)
Civilians During Polish Uprisings Memorialized in Exhibitions: Men As “Brave” And Women As “Selfless”
By Abigail Wright
Do not think, do not look, persevere, survive.…
16 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![PutinBanner](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/PutinBanner-705x529.jpg)
Cultures in Exile: The Impact of Ukrainian and Belarusian Identities on the Souls of Polish Cities
By Anna Meehan
You can tell a lot about a city from the sights…
16 November 2023/by Anita Jakubik![Obraz2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Obraz2.jpg)
Underdogs: How Unlikely Figures Present Hope for Change
By Harrison Vogt
A Movement in Communist Poland Provides Hope…
19 December 2021/by Ula Klobuszewska![Treptow Park Full View. Photo credit Visitberlin.de](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Treptow-Park-Full-View.-Photo-credit-Visitberlin.de_-705x294.jpg)
To See or Not to See: The Visibility of Historical Monuments
By Anna Sebree
The purpose of a monument is to be seen. A…
10 December 2021/by Ula Klobuszewska![Bez tytułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bez-tytułu-5-705x469.png)
Płaszów: A Recreational Park Built on a Concentration Camp
By Capriana Cormier
KL Płaszów was a Nazi concentration…
6 December 2021/by Anita JakubikRosja and Польша
By Max Goldberg
Current headlines about the state of political…
6 December 2021/by Anita Jakubik![MMJE 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MMJE-1-1.jpeg)
Public Memory and Remembrance in Berlin
By Ella Farrell
With over fifty memorials and monuments, the…
6 December 2021/by Anita Jakubik![Bez tytułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bez-tytułu-4.png)
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…
5 December 2021/by Anita Jakubik![The Płaszow McDonald’s. Phot credit to Pkrowoderska.pl](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/The-Płaszow-McDonalds.-Phot-credit-to-Pkrowoderska.pl_-705x529.jpg)
Where can you Build a McDonald’s in Poland?
By Connor Arneson
In Kraków, south of Old Town, near the intersection…
2 December 2021/by Anita Jakubik![View of three ‘Stumbling Stones’ in Berlin. Photo credit Capriana Cormier.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/View-of-three-‘Stumbling-Stones’-in-Berlin.-Photo-credit-Capriana-Cormier.-529x705.jpg)
Confronting Memory in Urban Space
By Sophie Creager-Roberts
This semester I participated in courses…
2 December 2021/by Anita Jakubik![Bez tytułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Bez-tytułu-705x525.png)
Castles: Telling More Than Just Fairytales
By Capriana Cormier
While in Poland, I had been able to visit…
2 December 2021/by Anita Jakubik![Crematorium](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Crematorium.jpeg)
The Hidden History of the Holocaust
By Ella Farrell
On our bus ride to Treblinka, I remember not…
25 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![There was a temple here, there were Jews here](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/There-was-a-temple-here-there-were-Jews-here-529x705.jpeg)
Minyan Man
By Max Goldberg
A week before I was set to arrive in Wrocław,…
25 November 2021/by Anita JakubikLife After War: The Bad, the Bad, and the Worse
By Anna Sebree
There are no two ways about it: life after war…
25 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![The Solidarity Center in Gdansk. Photo credit to Connor Arneson](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-Solidarity-Center-in-Gdansk.-Photo-credit-to-Connor-Arneson-705x529.jpg)
Poland’s Government is Winning the Battle for the Internet
By Connor Arneson
Throughout our travels in Poland, we…
24 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![A_view_of_the_fresco_The_Revenge._This_piece_depicts_the_Prussian_victory_in_Paris_in_1871._Photo_credit_Sophie_Creager-Roberts](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/A_view_of_the_fresco_E2809CThe_Revenge.E2809D_This_piece_depicts_the_Prussian_victory_in_Paris_in_1871._Photo_credit_Sophie_Creager-Roberts-705x454.jpg)
Historical Politics: An Enduring Dilemma
By Sophie Creager-Roberts
On November 12, 1989 --three days…
20 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![kgh](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/kgh-705x503.jpg)
How Eco-Tourism Provides a Framework to Keep-Out Extractive Industries: Dobków, Poland’s Case for Protecting the Environment
By Harrison Vogt
The tale of an industry entering a town, extracting…
20 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![Bez tytułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bez-tytułu-705x522.png)
Treblinka: The Invisible Extermination Camp
By Capriana Cormier
When people learn about the Holocaust,…
15 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![“Michael Rubenfeld selling his ‘lucky Jew’ portraits around Krakow. Photo credit FestivALT website httpswww.festivalt.comen-lucky-jew .”](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/“Michael-Rubenfeld-selling-his-‘lucky-Jew’-portraits-around-Krakow.-Photo-credit-FestivALT-website-httpswww.festivalt.comen-lucky-jew-.”.jpg)
The Fallacy of Jewish History in Contemporary Poland
By Anna Sebree
Poland is a beautiful and complicated country.…
8 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![Gdansk’s Museum of the Second World War. Photo credit Connor Arneson](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Gdansks-Museum-of-the-Second-World-War.-Photo-credit-Connor-Arneson-705x529.jpg)
Poland’s Government Preaches Flawed History… and so Did I
By Connor Arneson
Like most other right-wing governments, nationalism…
6 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2.jpg)
The Significance of the Sejny Synagogue
By Ella Farrell
The decision to spend a semester in Poland…
6 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![Bikes propped up against the entrace to former Płazów concentration camp. Photo by Max Goldberg.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bikes-propped-up-against-the-entrace-to-former-Płazów-concentration-camp.-Photo-by-Max-Goldberg.--529x705.jpg)
Guarding Memory through Ecology
By Sophie Creager-Roberts
Since the end of World War II, Poland…
6 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![Street Art in Kazimierz](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Street-Art-in-Kazimierz-529x705.jpeg)
“Jewish-themed Restaurants,” the Jewish Mafia, and Other Reasons Why I’m Upset
By Max Ditchek Goldberg
Preface: I first began writing this…
6 November 2021/by Anita Jakubik![IMG_9605](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_9605-e1576362172347-529x705.jpg)
Roma Persecution Across Time
By Aaron Alonso
The Roma people have long faced persecution…
14 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Map of the town of Oswiecim, with its borders in orange. The marker #1 shows where Auschwitz-Birkenau is located just outside of the town, and #2 is Auschwitz-I, which sits within the town borders](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Map-of-the-town-of-Oswiecim-with-its-borders-in-orange.-The-marker-1-shows-where-Auschwitz-Birkenau-is-located-just-outside-of-the-town-and-2-is-Auschwitz-I-which-sits-within-the-town-borders-705x616.jpg)
The Jewish Auschwitz Center: Putting Oshpitsin Back on the Map
By Jacqueline Murrer
The town of Oshpitsin sits in the…
14 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![African Street Name in Berlin (Denis Barthel)](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/African-Street-Name-in-Berlin-Denis-Barthel-705x470.jpg)
Germany Needs to Make Amends with Its Past Beyond Nazism: The Fight to Shed Light on Colonial History
By April Dvorak
Throughout my studies in Central Europe, the…
14 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![file3](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/file3-529x705.jpeg)
Multifaceted Remembrance of Communism–The Good and the Bad
By Luke Burke
Soviet domination of Eastern and Central Europe…
14 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Inclusive elements of the T-4 Monument](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Inclusive-elements-of-the-T-4-Monument-1-e1576243796795-705x445.jpg)
Memorializing the Marginalized Groups Within the Holocaust
By Hannah Gavin
As we are coming to the end of our travels abroad,…
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Don’t Judge Poland Before You’ve Walked Centuries in its Shoes, and Don’t Judge an Uprising by its Museum
By Esmé Rummelhart
An anthropologist-in-training, I am eager…
13 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Processed with VSCO with v6 preset](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-mermaid-represented-on-Warsaws-coat-of-arms.-A-symbol-of-the-city.-529x705.jpg)
The Warsaw Uprising in Verse
By Caroline Simon
During World War II, Warsaw was the center…
13 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Polish_kid_in_the_ruins_of_Warsaw_September_1939](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Polish_kid_in_the_ruins_of_Warsaw_September_1939.jpg)
Displaced Polish Children During World War II
By Kate Christie
You’re a child, living in Poland…
11 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Wawel Cathedral](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Wawel-Cathedral-705x705.jpg)
In the Kazimierz district of Krakow, there stand seven synagogues
By Zoe Fruchter
In Poland, the presence of this many synagogues…
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The Berlin Wall: More than Just a Physical Partition
By Madison Bollart
For the past couple of months I had been…
9 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Jewish Cemetery Wall of Gravestones](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Jewish-Cemetery-Wall-of-Gravestones-705x528.png)
Walls
By Cesar Gray
We live much of our lives enclosed in walls, and…
7 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![IMG_9611](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_9611-528x705.jpg)
The Otherization by the Nazi Regime
By Aaron Alonso
On our trip to Berlin, Germany we got a more…
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Comedy Post-Communist Wroclaw
By Luke Burke
My favorite place to go in Wroclaw has quickly…
5 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![The text from the street sign in Berlin](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Photo-from-Berlin-depicting-the-street-sign-529x705.jpg)
Holocaust Memory Through Personalization
By Hannah Gavin
Studying the Holocaust is an emotional task.…
5 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Celebrating Henryk Tomaszewski’s 100th Birthday](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Celebrating-Henryk-Tomaszewskis-100th-Birthday-705x268.jpg)
Mime Through Time: The Art of Henryk Tomaszewski From Post-Stalinist Poland to Today
By April Dvorak
To enhance my experience of studying and…
5 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2-529x705.jpg)
A Memorial in Dialogue: Reflecting on History in Berlin
By Esmé Rummelhart
Artists must make a multitude of choices…
5 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![A quote from Emanuel Ringelblum](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-quote-from-Emanuel-Ringelblum-705x529.jpg)
Resisting Fear: The Ringelblum Archive
By Kate Christie
Resistance can take many forms. It can be physical,…
5 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Gate at the entrance of Auschwitz I](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Gate-at-the-entrance-of-Auschwitz-I-705x528.jpg)
Oswiecim: Living in Auschwitz Today
By Jacqueline Murrer
When someone mentions the name,…
5 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![The renovated White Stork Synagogue in Wroclaw](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/The-renovated-White-Stork-Synagogue-in-Wroclaw-705x529.jpg)
The Presence of Absence: Remembering the Holocaust on Yom Kippur
By Zoe Fruchter
There is a prayer towards the climax of the…
3 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![An old train car sitting on the tracks in Birkenau](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/An-old-train-car-sitting-on-the-tracks-in-Birkenau-705x529.jpg)
When Good Intentions Don’t Translate into Proper Actions
By Maryrose Dollard
During my travels through Krakow, Poland…
3 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![English translations of the regulations against Jews under the Nazi regime in Orte des Erinnerns, Places of Remembrance in Berlin by Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/English-translations-of-the-regulations-against-Jews-under-the-Nazi-regime-in-Orte-des-Erinnerns-Places-of-Remembrance-in-Berlin-by-Renata-Stih-and-Frieder-Schnock-705x440.jpg)
Erasing the Past: How Totalitarian Regimes Sought to Camouflage their Crimes
By Madison Bollart
When we think about totalitarianism, an immediate…
3 December 2019/by Anita Jakubik![2,711 blocks of varying sizes comprise this memorial. (2)](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2711-blocks-of-varying-sizes-comprise-this-memorial.-2-705x529.jpg)
Navigating Berlin’s Ode to its Past
By Caroline Simon
Our walk ends in a huge square in the central…
20 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![IMG_1595](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1595-705x529.jpg)
Peace where Peace was Lost: Civil Society’s Role in Challenging the Marginalization of Roma People
By Kate Christie
Throughout our travels across Europe, we’ve…
19 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![2twe](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2twe-705x529.jpg)
Different interpretations of the Holocaust
By Aaron Alonso
In the various countries that we have visited…
15 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Bez tgrytułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Bez-tgrytułu.png)
Peeling Back the Whitewash: Understanding Austria’s Role in the Past Through its Memorials
By Madison Bollart
Throughout our two weeks of travel in Central…
11 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Bez tytcyghułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Bez-tytcyghułu-542x705.png)
A Proper Monument to the Jewish Victims of the Holocaust
By Hannah Gavin
“How does one mourn for six million people…
9 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Memorial for Jews Shot and Thrown Into Danube River](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Memorial-for-Jews-Shot-and-Thrown-Into-Danube-River-529x705.jpg)
The Right to be a Cosmopolitan
By April Dvorak
As I immerse myself in Central Europe…
9 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![A Star of David Jews were forced to wear as identifiers. http-hdke.huengalleriesgyujtemeny-1collection-objects](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/A-Star-of-David-Jews-were-forced-to-wear-as-identifiers.-http-hdke.huengalleriesgyujtemeny-1collection-objects-695x705.png)
Opening my Eyes to Antisemitism’s Development in the Interwar Period
By Caroline Simon
Prior to embarking to Europe on my study…
9 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Leni Time Mag Cover](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Leni-Time-Mag-Cover.jpg)
Hitchcock, Welles, Kurosawa, Riefenstahl?
By Luke Burke
I was unsure of what to do on my first night in…
9 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Bez tytułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Bez-tytułu-1.png)
How the Mob Mentality Affected Europe for 50 Years
By Maryrose Dollard
In my studies in Central Europe, the information…
9 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Bez tytułu](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Bez-tytułu.png)
The House of Terror: A Distortion of Public Trust
By Jacqueline Murrer
Whether it be for art, architecture, or…
7 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![3](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/3-1-529x705.jpg)
The Transmission of Memory
By Esme Rummelhart
Traveling through Central Europe, history…
7 November 2019/by Anita Jakubik![Memorial to the Austrian victims of World War 2 in Vienna](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Memorial-to-the-Austrian-victims-of-World-War-2-in-Vienna-529x705.jpg)
Beyond Monuments: Street Names as Alternative Memorials in Vienna and Wrocław
By Zoe Fruchter
“The everyday phrases are the hardest to change,”…
29 October 2019/by Anita Jakubik![1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1-705x529.jpg)
Monopoly on Violence
By Cesar Gray
Say, if violence were a product, exchangeable…
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The Second World War and its atrocities ended…
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A Living Paradox: Black and American in Central Europe
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“In America, the color of my skin had…
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Who Are Memorials For?
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I don’t believe our visit to the POLIN…
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Desecrated Graves: Tombstones and Selfies
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The Contrast Between Life and Death
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Memory Culture, in Three Parts
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One.
I had been in Poland for just…
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By Clare Toner
As I entered Auschwitz for the first time,…
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Observations from German History Studies
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During my stay in Berlin, the experience…
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The Children of Atrocities
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Before coming to Europe and seeing all the…
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Auschwitz-Birkenau: Working in Secret
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Suffering for Freedom: Socialist Realism in Memorialization
By Taylor Krzeminski
“Herein lies the strength of the Red…
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By Sarah McLafferty
One of the most characteristic aspects…
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Rethinking Remembrance
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The 20th century was a century of unprecedented…
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What Constitutes a Good Museum?
By Ciera Moore
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This History Is (Not) For You
By Aren Burnside
Monuments, memorials, and museums all attempt…
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The Birth of an Idea
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At 6:00, on a Saturday morning, my alarm…
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Nations as Extended Family
By Autumn McMillan
I’ve been to five countries in the last…
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The Political Power of Victimhood and Guilt
By Jay Skelton
Everyone has been a victim of something, of…
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In the Public Eye: Budapest Monuments and the Idea of Victimhood
By Mia White
Budapest is known for its many gorgeous and unique…
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The Roma Are People Too
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Part of what drew me to the Central Europe…
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Let History Speak for Itself
By Kyra McDermott
In every corner of the world, monuments…
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Anachronistic Architecture
By Rody Conway
Can a city be out-of-place? Vienna and Budapest,…
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Overshadowing Holocaust Remembrance in Central Europe
By Taylor Krzeminski
In Central Europe, memorialization of…
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Places of Worship Commercialized
By Anthony Russo
During all of our travels the one thing I was…
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Children of The Diaspora
By Hanz Valbuena
“Asgard is not a place, it’s a people.”…
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Reformers, Protesters, and Dissidents in a Communist Czechoslovakia
By Alexander Wilgocki
Depending on your age, it may be difficult…
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Memorialization Through Romafuturism
By Tayla Myree
“We need a Malcolm X,” said Ladislava Gaziova,…
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Looking at Central Europe Through Its Synagogues
By Ciera Moore
The influence of Jewish culture and religion…
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Hammer and Sickle; Canvas and Brush
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Let me tell you a story.
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Is There a Common Memory Between Europe and China?
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The year of 2018 marks the 5th anniversary of…
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Protesting a Memorial with Another Memorial: How Hungary Remembers Its Role in the Holocaust
By Meredith Conway
How can we accurately and fairly recount…
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What Makes a Nation a Victim?
By Sarah McLafferty
There are certain elements of European…
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Painful Prague
By Kristen Varganova
Although all the countries we visited…
1 November 2018/by Anita JakubikA History of Anti-Ukrainian Sentiment in Poland
By Timothy Li
Although I have not personally attended the…
31 January 2018/by Ula KlobuszewskaThe Macedonian Crisis: A Tale of a Confused Nation
By Timothy Li
When people hear about the name Macedonia, usually…
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By Timothy Li
One of the most memorable moments that I had…
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Lviv
By Ivan Laryionenka
Lviv is one of those places that rarely…
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The Rhetoric of Patriotism & Nationalism
By Diego Franco
“The difference between patriotism and nationalism…
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Viewing the Past from the Present
By Leah Killian
Berlin is filled with many monuments and statues.…
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Train World
By Kaitlin Kurdziel
When I was little, trains had always been…
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Losing Memories
By Kaitlin Kurdziel
My visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau brought…
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Things to Think About While Interacting with Memorials
By Deborah Sue-Ho
Earlier in the semester, it made me livid…
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The Destruction and Reconstruction of Warsaw
By Gabrielle Marzolf
Within the Jewish community, it is a…
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The Mark of Partitions on Polish Identity
By Gabrielle Marzolf
It is impossible to discuss the issue…
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In the 1932 German federal elections, Adolf…
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Rebuilding Berlin’s Identity
By Caroline Bartholomew
Berlin was founded in the thirteenth…
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A Memorial to the Soviets, Not to Their Victims
By Cate Ferson
As Stalin and the Red Army made their victorious…
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Skirting the Line
By Cynthia Wang
We took it upon ourselves to go to Lviv as…
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Football Hooligans And Their Role In Polish Politics
Written by Ivan Laryionenka
Loud, radical, passionate and…
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Written by Ivan Laryionenka
A strong, prosperous and proud…
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Written By Deborah Sue-Ho
As I walked past barracks where…
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Wawel Castle: An Enduring Symbol of Polish Identity
Written By Caroline Bartholomew
Throughout its long and tumultuous…
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Baby Killers
Written by Cynthia Wang
What could I possibly hope to tell…
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Ignoring the Memory of Auschwitz
By Cate Ferson
While looking through the calendar for this…
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The Communist Terror in Hungary
By Bryan Alicea
During the Second World War, Hungary was allied…
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A Monumental Dilemma – What To Do with Confederate Identity in America
By Diego Franco
“Monuments are the grappling irons that…
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By Leah Killian
When visiting places like Auschwitz-Birkenau…
8 November 2017/by Anita JakubikThe Soviet Cover-up of Jewish Identity
By Leah Killian
Jewish Identity in Central and Eastern Europe…
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Handling Memory through Public Memorials
By Deborah Sue-Ho
As Central European countries attempt to…
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The Lety Camp
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Identity Without Representation: The Romani in Central Europe
By Gabrielle Marzolf
Most of the conflicts that caused and…
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Remembering the Holocaust in Budapest
By Bryan Alicea
Between 1941 and 1945, one of the most horrific…
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Budapest’s Memento Park: An example for America?
By Caroline Bartholomew
There is more to a monument than it’s…
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By Cate Ferson
In the wake of the 2016 election, tensions…
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Central Europe through a Cake Lens
By Cynthia Wang
Fourteen days is a long time to be constantly…
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Decoding a Yard Full of Graves
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My Work in the Service Learning Project and Why it’s Such a Meaningful Opportunity
By Eric Weisansal
Many of the historical sites we have visited…
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A Road to Reconstruction
By Rachel Watson
The New Jewish Cemetery on Lotnicza Street…
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Memories Forgotten
By Samantha Schantz
Robert Kennedy once said, “There are…
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Experiencing the Berlin Wall Up Close
By Jeremy Covone
The Berlin Wall was only a vague image and…
26 June 2017/by Ula KlobuszewskaPreserving a Forgotten Past
By Stella Van Ness
The city of Wroclaw, Poland has a lengthy…
26 June 2017/by Ula KlobuszewskaThe Rise Of Dark Tourism
By Jonalynn Lao
There is no doubt that the tourism industry…
26 June 2017/by Ula KlobuszewskaEyes That Are Always Watching
By Maddie Petherick
During the era of the German Democratic…
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Gleis 17: The Site of Deportation
By Emily Nestler
The purpose of observing and studying the…
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By Emily Nestler
The devastating story and journey of the…
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Remnants of a Complicated History
By Abigail Thaine
The city of Wroclaw has a long and complex…
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Experiencing the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
By Dustin Ducey
In the prior days before visiting the Auschwitz…
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Restoring the History of the New Jewish Cemetery in Wroclaw
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The Invisible Cemeteries
By Emilie Bouchard
Cemeteries have always been interesting…
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The Significance of Cemeteries: A Service Learning Experience
By Spencer Cottman
When dealing with the passing…
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The Soviet War Memorial
By Stella Van Ness
The Soviet War Memorial in Berlin, Germany…
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Monumental Progress: Memorials as a Part of Collective Memory
By Spencer Cottman
Collective memory is an important part…
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Places of Awareness
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Broken beyond repair
By Rachel Watson
An experience that was particularly breathtaking…
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Trying to Walk in Their Shoes
By Maddie Petherick
Gleis 17 is the platform in West Berlin…
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A Wall Without Borders
By Jonalynn C. Lao
The gorgeous city of Berlin; is home to…
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One Path Leads to Another and Another
By Erin Harrison
As I stood on the platforms of Grunewald…
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The Rise of Totalitarianism: East Berlin Through the Lens of George Orwell’s 1984
By Eric Weisansal
I never quite understood why most of all…
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The Invisible Memorial
By Emilie Bouchard
As a child, whenever I visited a memorial…
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The Feeling of the Holocaust
By Abigail Thaine
Time after time it has been said that seeing…
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Unintentional Erasure: Changing Monuments to Match New Historical Interpretation
By Brigitta Pupillo
I have mentioned before in my previous…
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I Am Still Here
By Ali Dunbar
This morning I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to see who…
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Nelson Mandela once said, “No one is born hating…
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Identity Challenges of Women in Resistance
By Lindsay Zerfas
Resistance to the Nazi regime took many…
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Dwelling in Countermemorials
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Justifying Memorials
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The Two Visible Minorities in Prague: A Social Discourse of “Othering”
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Prague is one of the most popular tourist destinations…
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Dwelling in Places of Violent Memory
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The Imperfect quest for a “Perfect” Memorial
By Lindsay Zerfas
“We would like to know how you would generate…
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German Memorials: Respect, Education and Reconciliation
By Brigitta Pupillo
From the start of our trip in Central…
9 November 2016/by Ula Klobuszewska![img_4458](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_4458-705x310.jpg)
Reconciling National Narratives and Commemoration: Voices Still Waiting to Be Heard
27 October 2016/by Ula Klobuszewska![4-a-scene-from-a-performance-called-the-sejny-chronicles-directed-by-bozena-szroeder](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/4.-A-scene-from-a-performance-called-the-“Sejny-Chronicles”-directed-by-Bożena-Szroeder..png)
Remembrance through Knowledge
26 October 2016/by Ula Klobuszewska![1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1-705x397.png)
Poland’s 1968 Anti-Semitic Campaign: Why Historical Dialogue is Important
By Brigitta Pupillo
When I first arrived in Central Europe…
24 October 2016/by Ula Klobuszewska![2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2-705x528.jpg)
Spaces of Lost Memory
By Charlotte Oestrich
Every country has a past, as does each…
22 October 2016/by Ula Klobuszewska![img_0074_2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_0074_2-705x528.jpg)
Exploring the Concept of Stories in Central Europe
By Lindsay Zerfas
Stories are an integral part of many children’s…
22 October 2016/by Ula Klobuszewska![The infamous Arbeit mach frei sign](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/The-infamous-Arbeit-mach-frei-sign-705x529.jpg)
Auschwitz: The Challenge of Remembering
By Arielle Pressman
Today, the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau…
18 December 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The back of the memorial to the fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, to acknowledge the opression of the Jews at the hands of the Nazis](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/The-back-of-the-memorial-to-the-fighters-of-the-Warsaw-Ghetto-uprising-to-acknowledge-the-opression-of-the-Jews-at-the-hands-of-the-Nazis-705x391.jpg)
The Warsaw Ghetto Maccabee
By Arielle Pressman
Hanukkah 2015 has made it here, and like…
11 December 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Memorial-to-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-1-705x529.jpg)
History Repeats Itself
By Domenica Vera
Berlin, the capital of Germany, is home to…
2 December 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Zyklon B Cannisters](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Zyklon-B-Cannisters.jpg)
Putting a Face to a Name
By Domenica Vera
I have been asked many times why I have decided…
2 December 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Trees in Berlin](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Trees-in-Berlin.jpg)
Forget-me-not
By Katherine Vargas
Walking through the red and orange…
29 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Auscwitz enterance Photo credit Katherine Vargas](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Arbeit-Macht-Frei.jpg)
Heaven is a Place on Earth
By Katherine Vargas
We disembarked our bus at a commercial…
29 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![UrbanLab3Gunther](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/UrbanLab3Gunther.png)
“Hier Wohnte”
By Renata Husted
They used to live here. In this four-leveled…
25 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Monica Pellerano_Interim-3_Berlin-3_T4 Memorial_Photo by Drrcs15](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Monica-Pellerano_Interim-3_Berlin-3_T4-Memorial_Photo-by-Drrcs15-705x470.jpg)
Aktion T4
By Monica Pellerano
I remember writing: writing lines, writing…
25 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![A map of the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/A-map-of-the-Auschwitz-Birkenau-complex.png)
70 Years, 9 Months, and 20 Days
By Renata Husted
It has been 70 years, 9 months, and 20 days…
25 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![4](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/4.jpg)
Are We Actually Seeing?
Erin Kenney
Being in Berlin, a significantly historical city…
14 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Feet in the Dead Sea. Photo by Frances Huang](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Feet-in-the-Dead-Sea.-Photo-by-Frances-Huang-705x470.jpg)
Self-Hating Jewess Writes Pro-Palestine Article for Urban Labs Central Europe
By Farrell Brenner
Three months ago, I stood ankle-deep…
12 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![DSC_0099](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/DSC_0099-705x468.jpg)
The Berlin Wall: A Symbol of Oppression
By Marcin Zak
The Berlin Wall is a testament…
12 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Monica Pellerano_Interim-2_Dresden Military History Museum](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Monica-Pellerano_Interim-2_Dresden-Military-History-Museum-705x415.jpg)
The Creation of a National Identity through Militarization
By Monica Pellerano
Military Museums have so often been…
12 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding. Photo Credit-www.telegraph.co.uk](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/My-Big-Fat-American-Gypsy-Wedding.-Photo-Credit-www.telegraph.co_.uk_.png)
My Big Fat Gyspy Wedding or My Big Fat False Portrayal?
By Erin Kenney
Several months ago, if someone asked me…
12 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The entrance to Birkenau.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/The-entrance-to-Birkenau.-705x468.jpg)
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Grappling with the Unspeakable
By Marcin Zak
To visit the old Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration…
12 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![A cemetary in Prague](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/A-cemetary-in-Prague-e1447342548302-529x705.jpg)
I won’t write about Auschwitz.
By Farrell Greenwald Brenner
Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang…
12 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Monica Pellerano_Interim-1_Paneriai Museum Entrance](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Monica-Pellerano_Interim-1_Paneriai-Museum-Entrance-705x411.jpg)
How do we measure depravity: In meters? In feet?
By Monica Pellerano
You know how some of the most beautiful…
12 November 2015/by Ula KlobuszewskaKriesi test
11 November 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The International Centre of Dialogue, in the renewed Krasnogruda manor house. Taken by Monica Pellerano](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-International-Centre-of-Dialogue-in-the-renewed-Krasnogruda-manor-house.-Taken-by-Monica-Pellerano-705x529.jpg)
Creating Identity Through Dialogue
By Domenica V. Vera
If there were any place I would choose…
27 October 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Paneriai](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Paneriai.jpg)
The Vanishing Footsteps of a People’s History
By Katherine Vargas
Coming into this program, I knew little…
20 October 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![renata2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/renata2-705x386.png)
From Water Parks to Wake Up Calls
By Renata Husted
Type in the phrase “Vilnius Nightlife”…
20 October 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument. Taken by-Domenca Vera](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Warsaw-Ghetto-Uprising-Monument.-Taken-by-Domenca-Vera.jpg)
One History, Two Narratives
By Erin Martha Kenney
During our travels in Lithuania and…
15 October 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The new Polin Museum in Warsaw](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/The-new-Polin-Museum-in-Warsaw-705x529.jpg)
A New Light Shines for the Memory of Jewish Poland
By Arielle Pressman
When I first told my mother I wanted…
14 October 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Tomasz Kozak’s mural entitled Poles! One More Effort! is being shown at the Galeria Labyrint in Lublin, Poland. The artist uses motifs of Polish Romanticism to condemn anti-Semitism](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Tomasz-Kozaks-mural-entitled-Poles-One-More-Effort-is-being-shown-at-the-Galeria-Labyrint-in-Lublin-Poland.-The-artist-uses-motifs-of-Polish-Romanticism-to-condemn-anti-Semitism-705x357.jpg)
We don’t discuss the echoes
By Farrell Brenner
As a patrilineal Jew and a student…
13 October 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![marcin3](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/marcin3-705x468.jpg)
Warsaw is Rising
By Marcin Zak
In a perfect world, it would be difficult to…
13 October 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![I Love You, Life, A Mural on the East Side Gallery](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/I-Love-You-Life-A-Mural-on-the-East-Side-Gallery.jpg)
The East Side Gallery: Forum and Monument
By Michael Kosowski
To recall the first time that I, to use…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Place of Remembrance 2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Place-of-Remembrance-2-e1433943117175-528x705.jpg)
Memorials, Remembrances, and their Interpretations
By Megan Gorenflo
Berlin is a large and well-known city in…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/The-Memorial-for-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-705x312.jpg)
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe: Adequate Enough?
By Meagan Edwards
In the heart of Berlin there lies a monument.…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Photo 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Memorial-to-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-Photo-1-705x397.jpg)
Field of Stelae
By Kylie Britt
A memorial is a structure that creates a place…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Hitler’s permission](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Hitlers-permission-e1433942229972-528x705.jpg)
Do No Harm
By Kaylee De Zalia
More than seventy years after the Holocaust,…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Jewish lawyers and notaries may no longer have legal responsibilities concerning the City of Berlin. – March 18, 1933](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Jewish-lawyers-and-notaries-may-no-longer-have-legal-responsibilities-concerning-the-City-of-Berlin.-March-18-1933-528x705.jpg)
Inappropriate Memorials: Berlin’s Failure
By Katie Thomas
Memorials are used as tools with which the…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![This is the view of the infirmary on the prison camp site](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/This-is-the-view-of-the-infirmary-on-the-prison-camp-site-705x396.jpg)
The Hidden Truth inside East Berlin
By Jackie Myers
At the end of World War II, Germany was split…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The ground slopes up and down](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/The-ground-slopes-up-and-down-705x398.jpg)
Memorials and Memory
By Elon Clarke
Day after day on this trip, the other students…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![3](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/3-e1433938945730.jpg)
Poland’s Elections: A Grim Future?
By Michael Kosowski
My face was pressed against the glass…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Entrance to Auschwitz I_Arbeit Macht Frei](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Entrance-to-Auschwitz-I_Arbeit-Macht-Frei-e1433938512564-528x705.jpg)
Memories, Reflections and the Holocaust
By Megan Gorenflo
When I was thirteen, I traveled with a school…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The main gate to the entrance of Auschwitz I. The sign overhead reads “Arbeit Macht Frei” in German or “Work Makes you Free.”](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/The-main-gate-to-the-entrance-of-Auschwitz-I.-The-sign-overhead-reads-“Arbeit-Macht-Frei”-in-German-or-“Work-Makes-you-Free.”-e1433937764124.jpg)
Auschwitz: An Experience and Lesson No One Should Ever Forget
By Meagan Edwards
Shortly after the end of the Second World…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The Book of Names](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/The-Book-of-Names.jpg)
A Visit to Auschwitz
By Kylie Britt
As a student learning about the Holocaust,…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Jewish Community School, Warsaw c. 1920](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Jewish-Community-School-Warsaw-c.-1920-705x528.jpg)
Shadows of a Hidden Past
By Kaylee De Zalia
At first glance, the Galicia Jewish Museum…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The international monument and the plaque in English.1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/The-international-monument-and-the-plaque-in-English.1-528x705.jpg)
Appalling Auschwitz: Confronting the Past
By Katie Thomas
Recently, we have been discussing the differences…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Centennial Hall Exterior Source (colon) Inyourpocket](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Centennial-Hall-Exterior-Source-colon-Inyourpocket.jpg)
Centennial Hall, Hope from the Past, a quiet message for the Future
By Elon Clarke
Begun as a space for the general public of…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![Pictured above is the barbwire fence that surrounds the camps. Captured by Jacquelyn Myers](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Pictured-above-is-the-barbwire-fence-that-surrounds-the-camps.-Captured-by-Jacquelyn-Myers-396x705.jpg)
Inside the Barbed Wire Fences: Auschwitz and Birkenau
By Jacquelyn Myers
From around the world people have come…
10 June 2015/by Ula Klobuszewska![The forest at Panarei](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-forest-at-Panarei-705x528.jpg)
The Holocaust, in general
By: Kara McGrane
The Holocaust was a specific, disquieting…
8 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![One of the remaining German inscriptions on a building in Wroclaw](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/One-of-the-remaining-German-inscriptions-on-a-building-in-Wroclaw.jpg)
The Lack of Discourse between Monuments and People
By: Kara McGrane
In most cases, a memorial is erected to commemorate…
8 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![The Monument to Shared Memory in Wroclaw](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Monument-to-Shared-Memory-in-Wroclaw.jpg)
Marble made Monument
By: Megan Newell
The comfortable little gem of a city known…
4 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![One of, and in my opinion one of the most moving, exhibits in the museum that had individual stories and letters from victims, or relatives, of the Holocaust](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/One-of-and-in-my-opinion-one-of-the-most-moving-exhibits-in-the-museum-that-had-individual-stories-and-letters-from-victims-or-relatives-of-the-Holocaust.jpg)
Stalin and Hitler as Statisticians
By: Megan Newell
While walking the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau,…
4 December 2014/by Ula KlobuszewskaLeaving Space for Memory
By: Jake “Andy” Fabrizio
Historical injustices do not…
3 December 2014/by Ula KlobuszewskaA Museum of Memory
By: Jake “Andy” Fabrizio
In the days leading up to our…
3 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska“Colossal Cement”
By: Madeline Diorio
Three months after walking around foreign…
3 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Photo of Block 27](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Photo-of-Block-27.jpg)
BLOCK 27: IDEOLOGY KILLS
By: Madeline Diorio
Following the Second World War Auschwitz-Birkenau…
3 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![The Jorge Momondai Memorial in Dresden, Germany, dedicated to the victim of reunified Germany’s first murder committed because of xenophobia. Jorge was a Mozambique worker, sent during the Communist era](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/The-Jorge-Momondai-Memorial-in-Dresden-Germany-dedicated-to-the-victim-of-reunified-Germany’s-first-murder-committed-because-of-xenophobia.-Jorge-was-a-Mozambique-worker-sent-during-the-Communist-era-528x705.jpg)
Relations Between Peoples of a Troubled East Central Europe
By: Kevin Kuzniczci
From the mountains and foothills of the…
3 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Aushwitz Stairs](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Aushwitz-Stairs.jpg)
The Reconstruction of Relations
By: Page Garbee
Generally when something breaks or falls…
3 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![A view of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/A-view-of-the-Memorial-to-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-705x528.jpg)
The Holocaust Memorial: An Individually Unique Experience
By: Samantha Avalos
During my process of reflection on my…
2 December 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![A view of Wroclaw’s Centennial Hall](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/A-view-of-Wroclaw’s-Centennial-Hall-705x528.jpg)
Contemplation of Themes Concerning Identities
By: Kevin Kuzniczci
Throughout the semester abroad in Central…
27 November 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Cobblestone walkways are the only remnants of the former German cemetery.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Cobblestone-walkways-are-the-only-remnants-of-the-former-German-cemetery.-705x528.jpg)
“Commemorating the dead is part of human culture. Commemorating the fallen is … part of political culture.” War and Suffering Exhibit at the Military Museum in Dresden, Germany
By: Tory Russo
This semester we’ve visited countless sites…
26 November 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![An example of an artistic political warning from the East Side Gallery](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/An-example-of-an-artistic-political-warning-from-the-East-Side-Gallery2-705x528.jpg)
Reflections on the Remains of the Wall
By Kelsey Klimara and Samantha Avalos
While reflecting and…
26 November 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![IMG_1483](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_1483-705x528.jpg)
The Weight of Memory
By: Katelyn Olsen
In a situation as tragic and unmatched as…
24 November 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Sunset on the stelae at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Sunset-on-the-stelae-at-the-Memorial-to-the-Murdered-Jews-of-Europe-705x528.jpg)
“Memories are built as a city is built.” – Umberto Eco
By: Tory Russo
...Or rebuilt. In Berlin - a city physically…
19 November 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![RNS-AUSCHWITZ-SELFIE](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/NEB-Pic2-Huff-Post.jpg)
“Auschwitz Selfie Girl Defends Actions.”,
“Justin Bieber Hopes Anne Frank ‘would have been a Belieber.”…
8 November 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![IMG_0517](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_0517-705x528.jpg)
Reconciliation and Reconstruction in the 21st Century
By: Katelyn Olsen
When working with the memory and reconciliation…
4 November 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Image 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Image-1.jpeg)
Unexpected Connections to the Past
By: Kelsey Klimara
I could probably reflect on my trip to…
4 November 2014/by Ula KlobuszewskaPaneriai Forest: Laid to Rest
By: Madeline Diorio
It is like an old story heard throughout…
4 November 2014/by Ula KlobuszewskaPreserving the Lost Identity through Memory: The Jewish Victims in the Borderlands
By: Kara McGrane
When visiting city after city, museum after…
15 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![The grounds of the Tuskulenai Peace Park](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/The-grounds-of-the-Tuskulenai-Peace-Park.jpg)
Beyond the Tears, Trees and Turmoil; the Road to Reconciliation
By Megan Newell
Our two and a half week travel seminar through…
9 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![IMG_8584](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_8584-705x528.jpg)
The Axis of Fear In Historical Tragedy
By: Jacob Steckel
It is a strange phenomenon that, when facing…
8 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![IMG_9218](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_9218-705x528.jpg)
Absence of Community, Absence of Memory
By: Page Garbee
Dilapidation consumes the town of Krynki.…
8 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![KruszynianyMosque](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/KruszynianyMosque-705x528.jpg)
Experiences Within the Former Grand Duchy of Poland-Lithuania
By: Kevin Kuzniczci
From the time I had appeared at the…
8 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![IMG_6782](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_6782.jpeg)
Moving Away from Indifference: The Hidden Past of Vilnius, Lithuania
By Kelsey Klimara
After traveling for 20 days and to seven…
8 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska“It’s impossible to imagine…”
By: Tory Russo
For me, the easiest way to understand is through…
8 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![SAM_2476](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/SAM_2476.jpeg)
Ponary Forest Massacre
By: Jake “Andy” Fabrizio
Imagine the shock and outrage…
8 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Map of the town of Sejny displayed in the main square](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Map-of-the-town-of-Sejny-displayed-in-the-main-square3.jpg)
The Borderlands Foundation and the Town of Sejny
By: Samantha Avalos
Our two-week intensive travelling seminar…
7 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![IMG_9227](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/IMG_9227-705x528.jpg)
Remnants of the Past
By: Katelyn Olsen
Perhaps one of the saddest sights to see…
6 October 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Berlin Wall4](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Berlin-Wall4.jpg)
The Berlin Wall
On our excursion to Berlin, Germany, the Berlin Wall memorial…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Berlin Wall1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Berlin-Wall1-498x705.jpg)
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall served as a barrier between East and West…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Roma 10](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Roma-10-e1403533965303.jpg)
The Roma and Sinti Memorial
Tucked away, hidden, unimposing, quaint; these are words that…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Zolnierze1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Zolnierze1-705x528.jpg)
The Polish Soldiers’ Monument
Within the first week of being in Wroclaw, we climbed a hill…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Roma4](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Roma4.jpg)
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism
Often times, when the word “Holocaust” is mentioned we only…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Kazimierz4](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Kazimierz4-705x529.jpg)
Kazimierz
Kazimierz, a district of Poland’s southern city of Krakow,…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![NJW4](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/NJW4-705x470.jpg)
The New Jewish Cemetery in Wroclaw
Wroclaw’s New Jewish Cemetery was founded in 1902 when…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![IPN2](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/IPN2-528x705.jpg)
Institute of National Remembrance
The years of 1944-1945 are often falsely believed to be the beginning…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Gey1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gey12.jpg)
Memorial to the Homosexuals Persecuted under the National Socialist Regime
Background on Our Visit to the Memorial
by Arielle Ingrassia
A…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Church of Peace.docx](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Church-of-Peace.docx-705x528.png)
The Church of Peace
Not far from Wrocław, in the small town of Świdnica, stands…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Centennial Hall 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Centennial-Hall-1-705x241.jpg)
Centennial Hall
The music rebounded through the historic setting; it was almost…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska![Auschwitz Photo by Arielle Ingrassia](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Auschwitz-1-528x705.jpg)
Auschwitz
For many people around the world with the most basic understanding…
23 June 2014/by Ula Klobuszewska