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From big picture...

This morning some of us traveled to Wannsee, the site of the 90 minute meeting where the arrangements to murder 6 million Jews were finalized. We ended with a visit to Berlin's Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, where you can read about individual families and people. From the big picture to the individual stories...

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First full day...

And what a full day it was! After having a lovely breakfast al fresco at our hotel, we headed out for a walking tour. For me, the most moving thing we saw was part of the remains of the Berlin Wall, where we read timeline accounts from the new Centropa source book. After spending several hours outside, we headed to the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Akademie, where we had lunch and heard from other teachers about how they use Centropa in their classrooms. This is always my favorite part of a Centropa conference.
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