Holocaust Study Tour

2011 will be the fifth year that Saint Thomas Aquinas participates in the Holocaust Study Tour to Berlin, Prague, Olomouc, Trsice and Krakow. Students will travel under the guidance of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Regional Educators Lisa Bauman (Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, Overland Park, KS), Bonnie Sussman (Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland, CA) and Colleen Tambuscio (New Milford High School, New Milford, NJ). Israeli educator Shalmi Barmore will lead the group of students from Saint Thomas Aquinas, Bishop O’Dowd High School, New Milford High School, and Jersey City schools.

Program Highlights Holocaust Study Tour
April 5-17, 2010

Berlin

Holocaust Memorial
Topography of Terror
Grunewald train station and memorial
Bavarian quarter
Wannsee House
Otto Weidt’s Hidden Workshop for the Blind
Jewish Museum
New Synagogue

Prague

Prague Jewish Museum
Old-New Synagogue
Klausen Synagogue
Spanish Synagogue
Maisel Synagogue
Pinkas Synagogue
Old Jewish Cemetary
Terezin
Lidice
Castle District incl Lobkowicz Palace

Olomouc

Olomouc Town Hall
Olomouc Jewish Community Center and synagogue
Holocaust Survivor Interviews
Trsice

Krakow

Kazimierz
Old Synagogue
Museum of Jewish History & Culture
Remuh Synagogue
Jewish Cemetary
Plascow
Schindler's Factory
full day for Auschwitz-Birkenau/Oswiecim Museum
Royal Castle
Wawel Cathedral
Old Town

Please email Lisa Bauman, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School English teacher,  for more information about the Saint Thomas Aquinas Holocaust Study Tour:

lbauman@stasaints.net