Personal Reflection II- Ashley Scully

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Goodbye- Ashley Scully

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Disturbing Art- Ashley Scully

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Kaitlynn O'Reilly: March 16, 2013

Poland   Leaving the center the sun was shining.  Finally there were blue skies in Poland, like an invitation to Spring back home. It has been a full week with long days and short nights of sleep, but the trip was entirely worth it. Taking a moment to look back on it now, as I sit in the Krakow airport at Gate 6, I know that I have grown as a person.  This experience is one that will stay with me, in all the sights, sounds,...

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Reflections--Danielle Sargent

March 16, 2013 Returning to the United States was surprisingly overwhelming.  I had overheard many of my peers stated that they were “ready to go home,” but I could not help but feel differently.  I did not want to leave Poland because I felt like I still had so much to learn.  I can still learn while in the United States of course, but it is not the same without having a hands-on experience being able to see where these events physically...

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Krakow--Danielle Sargent

March 15, 2013 Today we went to Krakow which is a major city in Poland.  Here we were able to see firsthand the different cultures of the town.  I think that this was an important part of the trip because we were able to see the before and after effects of the Holocaust.  Even though the Holocaust happened, the people of Poland are still able to live everyday as a new day without the burden of the past, which we were able to see in Krakow. During our tour of Krakow, we were able to see different synagogues and Jewish cemeteries,...

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Kate Ann Gonta: Remembering

I remember the first night that we arrived in Poland and how Sister Mary told us that our trip would have four dimensions.  I’m glad to say that I believe I experienced all of them.  The first dimension was to be silent and listen. Listen to the earth.  As we visited Auschwitz and Birkenau, I definitely felt and heard the earth.  The stories of suffering the ground of the camps had were overwhelming. I could hear the screams and cries of the mothers and children.  I could hear all the people asking questions and praying. ...

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A Theatrical Production--Danielle Sargent

March 14, 2013 Today was one of our more “slower” days in Poland.  We were not shuffling around Poland constantly going from one place to another.  Instead, we spent the majority of our day in different lectures learning about the Holocaust from different perspectives.  One of these perspectives was about the way that the Holocaust is portrayed theatrically by Professor Donnarumma.  The one place that we did go during the day was...

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Kaitlynn O'Reilly: What Surprised Me From the Beginning

During the first days of class I was surprised by something which still has a similar effect on me today.  The thing which surprised me is that Nazi measures closely mirror Canonical Law, which means that Nazis seem to have formed their ideas from past Christian ones.  Anti-Semitism is a long standing problem in Christianity, mainly with the deicide charge that the Jews were responsible for the death of Christ, even though he could have only been killed by Romans.  This deicide charge was invalidated by the doctrine Nostra...

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Keep Talking--Danielle Sargent

March 13, 2013 I have learned the importance of communication during this trip, especially in relation to continuing to talk about the issues and events in history.  After the Holocaust, this subject became “taboo” for many people to talk about.  Some people even doubted the fact that the Holocaust even happened at all.  For the survivors, it is understandable why they might have a hard time talking about their story, but I want...

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