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Published: January 11th 2013
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Going to the Resistance Museum was an interesting experience. With almost everything in German, I had a hard time understanding/relating to the given information. Although I couldn’t understand very much, there were a few things that surprised me and that I found interesting. One of the first things that was shocking was how many groups I saw that had tried to form together to put a stop to things. Due to not hearing about many of the resistors, I just assumed that almost everyone that participated did it individually; I have learned about many individuals that had helped victims. It was interesting to learn about the groups, big and small, and what they did to try to get the destruction to end. It was also interesting to learn that some of the people that I had thought participated solo had been part of a larger group. Another thing that was surprising was walking around one of the last corners and seeing the huge map with where all of the camps were throughout Europe. I knew that there were a lot of camps, but seeing most of the over 2,000 spread out was overwhelming. I was surprised with how many camps were
on the west side of Europe; I had always thought that many of them were on the east. I guess I just assumed that because almost all of the death camps are on the east. Being in the room on The White Rose was really cool because I had done a report on it in high school so it was interesting to read about it and to learn even more information about it. Plus, I like that group because most of the people were the age the people on our group so I found it easier to relate to them and it shows that the younger generations can make a difference.
After the Resistance Museum we went to the Topographie of Terror. This was a welcomed break up of our usual studies because it was more on information on the Nazi side of the war, rather than the Jewish/victim side. It was really interesting to learn about Hitler’s introduction into the German political system and to see how he rose up into power. It was kind of surprising to see how long it took him to get into high power but that once he got the head spot, everyone
quickly supported and followed him without much questioning. Seeing and learning about the way the Nazis treated everyone was disturbing. The images that I cannot shake are the photos and videos of people being hung in the middle of town. I think they will be images that will stick with me forever.
Outside of the Topographie was the Berlin Wall Monument. It was really cool to see an large section of the wall still together because it allowed me to get a better sense of what life was like back when it was still complete. It was bizarre to be able to hear people, cars, and buses moving on the other side and to see the top of buildings with people in them while knowing that back then they would have been able to experience the same thing but without being able to cross over. It was a bit of a mind trip.
After visiting all of these places, we were burnt out and decided to head back to the hostel and catch up on homework and stuff until we went to dinner. Dinner was back at the restaurant that we went to for my birthday; the three
girls split two pizzas and then we went and got Haagen-Dazs ice cream. It was really good!
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