A trip
I found out this past Thursday, officially, that I will be fortunate enough to be a support person on a Penn State sponsored study abroad trip over this coming Spring break. I will be going to Poland, specifically to the Warsaw and Krakow areas, on a tour of several significant Holocaust sites. The trip is sponsored by the Jewish Studies Department at Penn State, and I am so grateful to be going. I have never been to a primary Holocaust site, only museums and exhibits. This will also be my first time in Europe, so I am humbled to be part of such a life changing experience. We will be visiting the following:
Warsaw Ghetto location
The town of Lublin
Memorials at the Majdanek and Belzec camps
Ending in Krakow
We will be visiting a combination of memorials, exhibitions, cemeteries, museum and related. We will be meeting with local experts as well as being led by two holocaust scholars from Penn State. I will be posting here will updates and observations of the places we visit. I am so honored.
The trip is March 5th to the 12th. Please following my social media for respectful updates. @the_sociology_making_magic on Instagram and @KristinNewvine on Twitter.