The Max Planck Institute for Plant Pathology is located 50 minutes southwest of Berlin in Gölm, and was victim of eco-terrorist crop vandalism in the early morning hours of July 24, 2004. “Crop vandalism” is the deliberate destruction of crops by many…
I was lucky to be able to travel the small town of Zwickau to work with IFZW, which manufactures cremators for crematoriums. On the way to Zwickau myself and my guide to Zwickau Barbara stopped in Dresden. The location of…
Today was a very unique experience for the Study Abroad program. This morning I woke up in Chemnitz, Germany, and I am going to bed in Berlin, Germany. Today was the day that the Chemnitz group presented their presentations to…
Today we went to the Berlinische Galerie!! We got to see Cornelia Schleime’s work on display. Cornelia Schleime lived in East Berlin during the divide. She felt oppressed and felt as though she couldn’t fully express herself through her art…
Hallo Ohio! From visiting the Reichstag to trying new things, I have had tremendous amounts of fun while also discovering some of the history about Berlin and learning about the culture. Ever since learning about the German government in political…
Today was a very humbling day as we started out going to the Stasi Museum and learned how the East Germans spied on almost every one of their citizens in hopes of “protecting” them. After our tour we headed back…
The 12 of us that did not go to Sachsenhausen on the first day in Berlin ventured out of the city to visit the concentration camp today. The experience was very heavy, moving and impactful for the whole group. It…
Today the group went to The Stasi museum. We learned about how the Stasi kept fear in people living in East Berlin; we also learned about prisoners and how they were treated by the Stasi. For instance, an 18 year…
While on our walking tour of Berlin, we visited the famous Brandenburg gate. Our tour guide gave us a great presentation of the historical events that took place at this site such as Napoleon stealing the Quadriga statue atop the…
While on the walking tour of Berlin we passed the American Embassy. This particular building on the street looked moderately sized, but once we went around the corner we saw how large the building actually was. Our tour guide Rachel,…
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