This March break, 11 students and two faculty members are traveling to Berlin, Prague, and Krakow to explore the idea of monuments and memorials and their role in public memory, and learn more about the Holocaust and how Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Poland responded in the late 20th century and early 21st century to the study of Holocaust memory, public art, and their fusion in contemporary life. Please enjoy the blog post below from Max ’26 where he shares about the group’s journey from Prague to Krakow, a long but smooth bus ride ending with a traditional Polish dinner and sweet pierogi for dessert.
After a short but exciting stay in Prague which included visits to a Prague classical music concert and a tour around the famous Prague castle complex, today was, unfortunately, quite the opposite, as we waved goodbye to Prague and made our way to Krakow.
The bus ride, although long, ran ahead of schedule, and this fact combined with some movie entertainment – The Monuments Men – and a McDonald’s stop for lunch, at least made us feel decently well fed and entertained.
After nearly a whole day of traveling, we finally arrived at the Polish city in the late afternoon, checked in and before long headed to dinner. Although the meal was quite similar to the other Central and Eastern European food we had had so far, complete with soup and potatoes, for dessert we all ate pierogi, small dumplings that had a sweet filling, in this case strawberries. A light but delicious finish to an otherwise uneventful day.
