- Monday, May 15, 2023
- 7:00 AM–7:00 PM
- Off Campus
- $125
Spend the day with us as we tour the Zekelman Holocaust Center whose mission is to “engage, empower, and educate by remembering the Holocaust” The Holocaust Center, through its museum exhibits, library, archives, and art gallery, focuses on Holocaust victims’ and survivors’ personal stories to help visitors understand how the Holocaust could have happened.
At 7:00 a.m., we will board the bus, accompanied by Randy Bytwerk, Calvin professor emeritus and Holocaust Propaganda expert who is currently working on an analysis of how the Nazis used Franklin D. Roosevelt’s rhetoric for their own purposes. He has also researched and created a substantial German propaganda archive including over 400 translations. We will travel first to the Polish Art Center located in Hamtramck, MI. Here we will have the opportunity to see one of the country's premier emporiums of Polish cultural and traditional goods. You might want to take some extra spending money for this stop!
Following the Polish Art Center, we will enjoy a family-style lunch of breaded chicken cutlets, fresh kielbasa and kraut, mashed potatoes, potato and cheddar pierogi, mixed vegetables, and a garden salad at the Polish Village Cafe. For plant based food options, The Polish Village Cafe will also provide us with a plant based alternative of a mushroom cutlet and a plant based pierogi. At 1:15 pm, we will travel to the Zekelman Holocaust Center for our scheduled 2:00 pm tour of the museum led by one of their docents.
We will depart from the museum at 4:30 with a deepened understanding and appreciation not only for those who lost their lives in the Holocaust, but also for those who survived to share their stories. We will arrive back at Calvin University around 7:00 pm. Snacks are provided for the bus ride home.
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