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School News & FeaturesY9 and Y10 History to Berlin and Poland Posted on: 06.07.2011
The 2011 History trip to Berlin and Krakow started at Liverpool airport on Friday 15 April, where we were split into five groups, headed by either: Mr McKibbin, Mr Metcalfe, Mr Atkinson, Mr Hughes and Mr Taws.
Our hotel in Berlin was right next to the North Korean embassy. We had a meal at a restaurant between the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, and were then meant to have a tour of the Reichstag but a terrorist threat meant this couldn’t happen. Instead we went to the site where Hitler committed suicide in 1945.
On Saturday morning, we went to Checkpoint Charlie then visited the Topography of Terror, built on the site of the main HQ of the Gestapo and the SS. On Saturday afternoon our trip to the Wannese Villa, where the Nazis planned the Holocaust, had to be cancelled as the coach company let us down, so we went and played football outside the Reichstag, with the ball going onto the road numerous times! Afterwards we had a cruise through Berlin down the Spree.
The following day we were up early and made our way to the Olympic Stadium where the Nazis hosted the 1936 Olympics, which were meant to be a showcase for Hitler’s Aryan race until Jesse Owens won four gold medals. Afterwards we visited the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz.
At about 4 o’clock we boarded the coach for Krakow, where we arrived just past midnight.
On Monday morning we visited the Jewish Quarter, then after lunch we visited the Wieliczka Salt Mines. These were amazing, vast caverns, where the atmosphere is meant to be good for your health. On Tuesday we had the most difficult part of our trip when we visited Auschwitz, where the Nazis killed 1.5 million people. Auschwitz is a harrowing place to visit, but something that should never to be forgotten.
On our last evening we went to a restaurant with traditional Jewish music, known as klezmer music.
This was a great trip that was as enjoyable as it was interesting. Everyone had a good time.
Written by Sam Bilton Year 9
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