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![More short films of Jewish life Prior to the Third Reich, these movies are on every inch of the walls in a long room.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Three-495x400.jpg)
The Holocaust and the Principle of Humanization in its Teaching
By Mia White
The Second World War and its atrocities ended…
![The Shoes on The Danube memorial in Budapest, marks a spot where thousands of Jews were shot into the Danube river. This site is perhaps controversial for lacking descriptors, but it forces people to think about what had happened.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_0082-495x400.jpg)
Who Are Memorials For?
By Jay Skelton
As our group traveled around Europe, the most…
![The replication of the ceiling of Gwoździec, a wooden synagogue in pre-war Poland. The exterior roof of the synagogue emerges from the first floor of the museum inside a glass casing.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Image-12-495x400.jpg)
The “Other” Jewish History
By Meredith Conway
I don’t believe our visit to the POLIN…
![A Visitor Takes a Selfie at Auschwitz-Birkenau](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/A-Visitor-Takes-a-Selfie-at-Auschwitz-Birkenau-495x400.jpg)
Desecrated Graves: Tombstones and Selfies
By Aren Burnside
When examining history, there is often a…
![Sinti-Roma memorial, surrounded by nature, overlooking the German Parliament. (Credit: http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/monument-to-sinti-and-roma-murdered-in-the-holocaust-opens-in-berlin-a-863212.html)](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Sinti-Roma-495x400.jpg)
The Contrast Between Life and Death
By Kristen Varganova
As we’ve traveled from one country…
![Bloc 11 in Auschwitz shows the images a photographer took of prisoners upon their arrival at the camp these images were used to identify prisoners if they were to escape.](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Bloc-11-in-Auschwitz-shows-the-images-a-photographer-took-of-prisoners-upon-their-arrival-at-the-camp2c-these-images-were-used-to-identify-prisoners-if-they-were-to-escape.-1-495x400.jpg)
More than a Statistic: Memorializing Jewish Victims of the Holocaust as Individuals Rather than a Number
By Clare Toner
As I entered Auschwitz for the first time,…
![Anthony 1](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Anthony-1-1-e1543319074207-495x400.jpg)
The Children of Atrocities
By Anthony Russo
Before coming to Europe and seeing all the…
![Arbeit Macht Frei](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Arbeit-Macht-Frei-e1543316679710-495x400.jpg)
Auschwitz-Birkenau: Working in Secret
By Kyra McDermott
In today’s recounting of history, Auschwitz-Birkenau…
![Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photo by Taylora Krzeminski](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Taylora-Urban-Lab-3-495x400.jpg)
Rethinking Remembrance
By Rody Conway
The 20th century was a century of unprecedented…
![Artifacts at the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance](https://urbanlabsce.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Artifacts-at-the-Documentation-Center-of-Austrian-Resistance-495x400.jpg)
This History Is (Not) For You
By Aren Burnside
Monuments, memorials, and museums all attempt…