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European Field Study 2007
Here is a tentative overview of the route for the 2007 European Field
Study. Please note that the itinerary is subject to change. The tentative route is also available as a map.
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Location
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Sunday
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July 15 |
[Canadian and
Kraków students: depart in evening] |
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Monday
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July 16 |
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Tuesday
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July 17 |
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Wednesday
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July 18 |
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Thursday
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July 19 |
Hohenheim (workshops. plus visit to Grafeneck) |
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Friday
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July 20 |
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Saturday
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July 21 |
Munich |
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Sunday
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July 22 |
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Monday
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July 23 |
Berlin |
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Tuesday
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July 24 |
Berlin |
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Wednesday
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July 25 |
Berlin |
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Thursday
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July 26 |
Berlin |
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Friday
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July 27 |
Berlin |
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Saturday
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July 28 |
Berlin |
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Sunday
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July 29 |
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Monday
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July 30 |
Kraków |
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Tuesday
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July 31 |
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Wednesday
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August 1 |
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Thursday
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August 2 |
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Friday
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August 3 |
Warszawa |
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Saturday
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August 4 |
Warszawa |
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Sunday
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August 5 |
Warszawa, with daytrip to
Treblinka memorial |
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Monday
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August 6 |
Travel from Warszawa to Gniezno via Chelmno memorial |
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Tuesday
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August 7 |
Gniezno |
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Wednesday
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August 8 |
Gniezno, with
daytrip to Poznan* |
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Thursday
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August 9 |
Gniezno |
Friday |
August 10 |
Return home |
Details
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the highlighted place. Some of these external sites are in German or Polish only.)
Stuttgart-Hohenheim
Munich
From Hohenheim we will
travel to Munich for the weekend. There we will have the opportunity to attend Shabbat services at the newly-opened synagogue, and to meet with local students. Therre will also be time to explore the city, attend church services, and do laundry.
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Berlin
The capital of the new Germany, Berlin
provides many important historical and memorial sites of relevance
to the project, as well as access to institutions of government
and learning.
Our stay in Berlin will include visits to:
- The Stiftung Topographie des Terrors (Topography of Terror
Foundation), providing information and teacher training
related to National Socialism, and another of the Project's
partners
- The Jewish Museum
- The Gedenkstätte Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz (Wannsee Villa
Memorial Site), site of the Wannsee-Conference and an important
educational institution on the origins, policies, and ramifications
of National Socialism
- The old Jewish Quarter, with renovated "New Synagogue"
- The Gedenkstätte Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück (Ravensbrück
Concentration Camp Memorial Site and Museum), a former concentration
camp for women.
In addition to discussions within the group and
with experts from the Berlin area, we are also planning:
- Individual or small-group research trips to such sites
as the Museum of the German Resistance, Karlshorst (documenting
the role of the Soviet Union in World War II and in relations
with former East Germany), and related sites
- Shabbat service (optional) and dinner at the Berlin Jewish
Community Centre with members of the Jewish Student Federation.
- A retrospective look at our experiences in Germany, and
a prospective look at the Polish part of the Field Study.
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Kraków
The cultural capital of Poland, Kraków
is famous for its beautiful medieval town centre as well as
for its castle, university, and impressive churches. Its old
Jewish Quarter has been restored, and the Ghetto area can be
visited along with the Plaszów Concentration Camp and the site
of Otto Schindler's factory.
While in Kraków we can discuss recent developments
with faculty from the Akademia Pedagogiczna (Pedagogical University),
one of the Project's partner institutions. We will also use
Kraków as a base from which to visit the nearby city of Oswiecim.
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Oswiecim*
This city is better known by the German name of the
concentration and death camp system that has become synonymous
with the Holocaust: Auschwitz. We will work with experts at
the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (Panstwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau
w Oswiecimiu). On separate days, we will visit the site at Auschwitz
I and Auschwitz II Birkenau, one of the principal killing centres
of the Holocaust. We will also visit the old town of Oswiecim including Jewish sites.
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Warszawa
Poland's capital city, Warsaw houses major political and educational resources of relevance
to the project. During our stay we will be welcomed by the
Canadian Embassy and have meetings with experts from the Warsaw
area. We will also visit:
- The Warsaw "Old Town" (rebuilt after its destruction
in World War II)
- The Jewish Historical Institute
- Other Jewish sites, including the synagogue, the former
Ghetto and the Jewish Cemetery
- The memorial site of the former death camp of Treblinka,
northeast of Warsaw.
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Gniezno / Poznan*
The Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, the Project's
principal partner university in Poland, will host the group
for our closing deliberations and project-planning for the follow-up
colloquium that will take place at York University in February 2008. We will be staying in Gniezno, an early Polish capital city and for over a thousand years the seat of an archbishop. The city now houses the Adam Mickiewicz University's Collegium europaeum, in whose residence we will be staying. A highlight of our time in Gniezno will be
a conference / workshop organized by the university. We will also
visit memorial sites in nearby Zabikowo and Chelmno, as well as exploring the beautifully restored historic centre of Poznan itself.
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* Note: Because some Web Browsers and printers
cannot reproduce the entire Polish alphabet, we have used alternative
spellings for some words.
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