The Women’s Studies program will be hosting be several presentations this week and next as part of UTC’s observance of Women’s History Month. All events are free and open to the public.
Day 8, Friday
By Caitlin Peabody Today was another long day, not in terms of walking just because of all the memorials we visited. We started the morning off at the Holocaust Memorial and Information Site; this was probably my favorite of the day. On top were the varying sizes of cement blocks, underneath is a memorial museum.…
March 14
By Michael Lawrence So today we toured the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, right by the Brandenburg Gate, in what was previously known as no-man’s land to East Germans during the Communist Era. The Architecture was definitely a change of pace, which left the viewer to determine its message. We toured the upper half and the…
Day 7, Thursday
By Caitlin Peabody Today was an early morning. We left the hostel at around 7 and walked around the corner to a little café that served us a wonderful buffet for breakfast. Shortly after we finished our breakfast we made our way to the S-Bahn station for the hourish long train ride to the Wannsee…
Day 6, Wednesday
By Caitlin Peabody We left our lovely hotel in Krakow around 8:30 this morning and made our way to the airport. Most of the day was spent traveling, getting our public transportation passes, and checking into our hostel. At around 4:30 pm we went for an early dinner since we hadn’t officially had lunch and…
Beauty of Berlin, visiting the site where the Holocaust was planned
By Michael Lawrence Today we started our morning by going to the Wannsee House. This is a major sight of the preparation of carrying out the plans to murder the Jews. This was a gorgeous house on a gorgeous piece of property. Here we went through more exhibits about the Holocaust and how the Germans…
Arriving in Berlin and speaking the native tongue
By Michael Lawrence Today we arrived in Berlin, Germany. We went to our hostel, which was a lot nicer than I imagined it would be despite the internet being down. We ate dinner at a Turkish Imbiss, a type of German walk in walk out restaurant, and had a dish called Döner, which I highly…
Back to Auschwitz
By Michael Lawrence Today we went back to Oswiecim (Auschwitz). We went to a Franciscan Monastery. There was an exhibit there from a Christian Holocaust survivor who never talked about his experiences, until fifteen years before his death. He had a stroke and realized he needed to share what he had experienced during his five-year…
Reflection on Birkenau and a visit to Oswiecim
By Caitlin Peabody Entering the gates of Birkenau was surreal. We first climbed up the guard tower on top of the entrance to the camp. The view from the tower blew my mind. I had no idea the massive size of the camp and to imagine the camp filled with prisoners was an even more…
Congratulations to UTC SoCon Champs
UTC Women’s Basketball and the UTC wrestling team have done it again—congratulations to these student athletes for winning their Southern Conference Tournament Championships!