Alice Herz-Sommer, a Holocaust survivor who is the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, has died at the age of 110. (Kieran Crilly/Canadian Press) (The Canadian Press)
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Holocaust Survivor
Saturday, February 22, 2014
"If By Miracle"
Please view the following short film. As a group we will be getting a group set of books to read about this account before our trip. Be looking for memoirs from this group as they will be sharing first hand accounts from places we will be visiting.
If By Miracle - Michael Kutz from The Azrieli Series Short Films on Vimeo.
If By Miracle - Michael Kutz from The Azrieli Series Short Films on Vimeo.
Departing in 55 Days
As I mentioned at the last meeting our itinerary has been reversed. I have attached the new itinerary below. Remember Day 1 is an overnight flight to Germany. We will be spending the previous day in Vancouver as an extra. You can have some fum researching some of the places we will be visiting and learning about their language, common phrases, and possibly cultural activities that you might see. Ever tasted Snitzel?????
Adie and I will be providing everyone with a currency converter closer to departure. Also in the next days I will be posting some reading and things to help prepare for the more emotional parts of your journey. Keep posted.
Day 1
Day 2
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Day 3
Visit Dachau
Take a guided tour of Munich
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Olympic Stadium
Residenz
Marienplatz - Day 4
- Take a guided tour of Salzburg
- With your expert local guide you will see:
- Old Town
Residenz
Mozart’s birthplace - Visit the Eagles Nest Cable Car or the Documentation Center (seasonal)
- Day 5
- Visit Nuremberg
- Day 6
- Take a guided tour of Prague
- With your expert local guide you will see:
- Charles Bridge
- Visit the Golden Lane
- Visit St. Vitus Cathedral
- Take a guided tour of the Jewish Quarter
- Day 7
- Travel to Krakow
- Day 8
- Visit Auschwitz and Birkenau
- Day 9
- Travel to Warsaw
- Take a walking tour of Krakow
- With your tour director you will see:
- Wawel Hill
Glowny Square - Day 10
- Visit the Warsaw Ghetto Monument
- Day 11
- Take a walking tour of Berlin
- With your tour director you will see:
- Unter den Linden
- Reichstag
- Day 12
- Take a guided tour of Berlin
- With your expert local guide you will see:
- Brandenburg Gate
- Kurfürstendamm
- Remains of the Berlin Wall
- Visit Checkpoint Charlie Museum
- Day 13
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Departing in 65 Days
Our journey is coming closer - 65 DAYS TO BE EXACT. Remember to hand in all your travel forms to you Ms. Schenk or Mr. Klassen. The sooner these forms are in the better.
We have received some positive publicity and the response from the public has been very supportive. If you have not read the article I have attached the link:
In preparation for our journey there is a website (IWitness) that is free to register and contains first person accounts of experiences during the Holocaust. Please feel free to browse this site.
Also at our next group meeting we will have a guest speaker share with us his experience at Auschwitz and speak about a Twitter Book Club we can participate in which we will receive free resources.
In addition, I have received some interesting media from NFB to educate about the Holocaust if you are interested. I found the "Basketball Game" an interesting quick watch.
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