The Unspoken Cryptography History of Poles in World War II
By SY Cheng
When I first visited the Warsaw Uprising Museum,…
“What Do You Think of the Polish People?” Examining Polish Historical Heroism
By Hannah Pierce
One day in Wrocław, as I was riding…
Between Memory and the Present: Seeing Polish Life Through an Outsider’s Eyes
By Mason Burley
A tram passes by me as I sit down to write…
“A Real Pain” and Memory in Poland
By Cara Williams
At the beginning of last month, I embarked…
Quantifying Tragedies: What Happens When You Tell Rather Than Show
By Sarah Vallejo
Tucked away at the end of the Warsaw Rising…
Translation: The Power to Shape Recollection & Relationships
By Sarah Mowrer
One of the most daunting aspects of traveling…
Beyond the Legend: Beloved City Symbols Warp the Narrative
By Ella Roerden
Worldwide, regions of all sorts have recognizable…
Monuments to Dead Empires
By Matthew Piasecki
What makes a structure into a monument?…
Lety U Pisku: The Story of the Porrajamos
By Winter Cameron
500,000. That is the approximation of how…
Remembering Solidarity: Poland’s Identity of Resistance
By Matthew Piasecki
For nearly 230 years, Poland has…
Breaking the Silence: The Neglected Narratives of Women During War
By Katya Kauth
On the night of June 10, 1942, in the quaint…
The Confusing Logic of the Berlin Wall
By Danny Alpers
No city in my mind has been more affected…
Jarocin: A Beacon of Hope Where Hopelessness Reigns
By Winter Cameron
“We created our freedom within. That’s…
Poland’s Warsaw Rising Museum: A Complex Legacy of Heroism and Civilian Suffering
By Emma Poper
The Warsaw Uprising of 1944 was the largest urban…
Exploring the Bavarian Quarter- How Lessons of Memory are Passed Through Art
By Nicholas Wilkerson
During our trip to Berlin, we visited…
Looking Down to Remember: Stolpersteine and Europe’s Forgotten Lives
By Emma Poper
Walking along the streets of Europe is one of…
Reclaiming Memory: The Forgotten Story of Pohulanka
By Katya Kauth
THE EVENT
In July of 1946, eleven guards -…
Unity, Division, National Identity: 1000 Years of History at Malbork Teutonic Castle
By Nicholas Wilkerson
When our class visited the former…