Day 5

            Today was a much better day thank goodness. J I was sooooo tired though haha.

In the morning Su and I took the subway to the Museum of Contemporary German history to meet our professor and do an assignment. We had to pick out 3 exhibits and say what they were and what they said. I picked the political cartoon (<--), an old sports article and a map that showed how Germany was split up after the war. The museum was very cool and was filled to the brim with information, not to mention everything our professor, Mathes, clarified for us. He has so much to say I don’t think there’s enough time in the day to learn half of what he knows. Lol

One thing I found really interesting at the museum was that there was an exhibit on the Holocaust and the Nazis.  It was well put together and they even had a film that showed interviews with some inmates/ workers in the camps, which might have been made by Americans. As an American, I realized that, even though I’ve learned a lot about German history in school I still place a lot of emphasis on the World War II as a major part of its history, instead of what really makes up Germany. I really appreciated seeing more of its history and learning about its different aspects.

I guess that’s another thing I would like to try and show others about Germany, but then again I have to make that connection as well.

We had class for most of the day and have a TON of homework but we have a bunch of time to do it. J

Su and I grabbed some Subway afterwards and we met Henning, a student at the University. He seemed pretty cool, maybe we’ll see him again.

Tschüß!