It’s our last day!

Today was our last day of the dialogue – I can’t believe it’s over! The museum we visited was small, but one of my favorites – it was entirely composed of recent photos of places involving Jewish Poland.  The tour guide said some very crucial things that really wrapped up the dialogue – how no matter how devastating the Holocaust was, nothing was black or white.  I definitely didn’t learn what I expected to or wanted to learn from this trip, but far more. I feel like it’s so important to have a real understanding and appreciation for our past, especially if it involves humanity and the destruction of it.  It’s terrible to know that genocide is still an issue in the world, even though the effects from it echo through decades and will echo through centuries.

I’m really glad that I got the opportunity to study this in depth for five weeks.  But now it’s time for packing – I’ve got three days of travel before I finally make it home to California!!!!

Here’s a picture of all of us on our last day! 🙂

Today we visited Schindler’s Factory, or the museum focused on it.  The actual factory was converted into a place for making radios.

 

The museum turned out to be more of a history of Krakow museum, with a focus on Schindler’s factory in several rooms.  It was one of the more interesting and interactive museums that we have visited so far.  The portion dedicated to Schindler’s factory was especially interesting.

After the tour we watched a thirty minute video that was composed of interviews of Schindler’s workers, and all the stories they had of him.  He truly risked everything, even as a high Nazi official, to save the lives of his workers.  It really highlighted how not every German was really a Nazi, even some of the Nazis themselves.

 

Afterwards we went to a cellar bar – underground bars that are really popular in Poland.  They make terrible margaritas, but the place was really cool!