Posts

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.
,

Who Are Memorials For?

By Jay Skelton As our group traveled around Europe, the most…
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)
,

The Contrast Between Life and Death

By Kristen Varganova As we’ve traveled from one country…
Artifacts at the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance
,

This History Is (Not) For You

By Aren Burnside Monuments, memorials, and museums all attempt…
gifts left at lety concentration camp memorial
,

The Roma Are People Too

By Clare Toner Part of what drew me to the Central Europe…
taylor 1
,

Overshadowing Holocaust Remembrance in Central Europe

By Taylor Krzeminski In Central Europe, memorialization of…
Art inside of the Romafuturism Library (Photo Credit: Raymundo Juarez)
,

Memorialization Through Romafuturism

By Tayla Myree “We need a Malcolm X,” said Ladislava Gaziova,…
Memorial of the Hungarian Jewish Martyrs
,

Looking at Central Europe Through Its Synagogues

By Ciera Moore The influence of Jewish culture and religion…
Legend has it that if you touch the five stars on the Charles Bridge plaque and make a wish, whatever you wished for will come true!
,

Painful Prague

By Kristen Varganova Although all the countries we visited…
Cynthia_UL2_Auschwitz Building

Resilience

Written By Deborah Sue-Ho As I walked past barracks where…
Cynthia_UL2_Auschwitz Building

Baby Killers

Written by Cynthia Wang What could I possibly hope to tell…