Day Eight
Day eight started with a sobering tour of the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Located outside of Munich, Dachau was the first concentration camp opened in Germany and was intended for political prisoners. The classification of prisoners changed in 1935 as new groups, including LGBT individuals and immigrants, were sent to the camp. The camp was liberated on April 29, 1945 and opened as a memorial site in 1965. Approximately 800,000 visit the memorial site each year. The Global Teachers delegation found the visit “powerful and emotionally challenging” and unforgettable.
Part of the railroad leading into the Jewish concentration camp. #JohnsonvilleWorldTour #GlobalTeachers @GoGlobalNC @RSSinformation pic.twitter.com/w9t8UMmobv
— Anthony Johnson (@a_p_johnson) June 24, 2017
Powerful experience at the Jewish concentration camp in Dachau with @GoGlobalNC. #GlobalTeachers #JohnsonvilleWorldTour pic.twitter.com/DFf16AlU4G
— Anthony Johnson (@a_p_johnson) June 24, 2017
Dachau Concentration Camp. Never Again. #GlobalTeachers pic.twitter.com/wI8f6ryeBF
— Katherine Heywood (@katieehey) June 24, 2017
Shane Dagenhart looked at the experience through a history teacher’s lens.
As a history teacher I always try and bring the past to life. I always try and put myself back into historical situations to have a better understanding of the events to help teach my kids. As I did that today, my heart broke. There were moments that I didn’t want to look back at this history. How could human beings do this to others?
Dachau Concentration Camp – to have walked where they walked and suffered – we will not forget. #globalteachers #germany2017 pic.twitter.com/UqbHw7qpRF
— Carla McSwain (@carlamcswain) June 24, 2017
Powerful visit to Dachau today. Lessons to be learned– and taught. #GlobalTeachers #goglobalnc pic.twitter.com/8FaMVHcBug
— Peter Bobbe (@Thicketer) June 24, 2017
A sobering morning at Dachau Memorial Camp, but a day I will not forget. "Never again" #GlobalTeachers #germany2017 pic.twitter.com/abkkhqpKJX
— Megan Petrizzi (@MrsPetrizzi32) June 24, 2017
Dachau Concentration Camp. Sobering reminder of what happens when we forget we are all humans. #GlobalTeachers ??? pic.twitter.com/YBcQIfvgBx
— Emily Francis (@emilyfranESL) June 25, 2017
Yesterday, we visited Dachau. Still processing…vital that we teach kids to recognize/fight hate/discrimination at its base #GlobalTeachers https://t.co/omT1s22PBf
— Jordan Hohm (@hohmsclass) June 25, 2017
North Buncombe High School teacher Ben Graham reflects on the emotions of not only traveling to Dachau with Global Teachers, but the feelings of traveling over all that he wants to bring back to his students.
In the afternoon, the delegation visited the Deutsches Museum, a museum that focuses on science and technology that hopes to “inspire people to play an active role in shaping the future.“
Let the learning begin!! #GlobalTeachers ???? pic.twitter.com/dadRpfUuob
— Emily Francis (@emilyfranESL) June 25, 2017
Freddy enjoyed learning about renewable energy at the Deutsches Museum of science and technology! #GlobalTeachers @GHEprincipal pic.twitter.com/Ojpgz71YwP
— Julie Wesner (@MsWesner) June 26, 2017
They even found a bit of North Carolina in the museum!
Learned about flight at the Deutsches Museum and spotted the Wright Brothers! NC in Germany! #GlobalTeachers @GHEprincipal pic.twitter.com/dII8sCRPm1
— Julie Wesner (@MsWesner) June 26, 2017