Today marked our final class day. We started off at the usual time of 9:00 at the classroom. We discussed how the museum visits went yesterday and did a 30-circle activity to display our creativity. It is a test to see if students can think outside of the box. We then grouped up and then began working on our final projects that is on Sunday. After that we went on a lunch break. After the lunch break we walked to the Museumstechnik. On the way we stopped at Kleingartenkolonie on Maxstrabe. It was a small garden that people want to develop on, but the government is protecting it. It acts as a garden available for the surrounding community. At the Museumstechnik we met Martin Jonsson who apart of the firm Museumstechnik, dealing with engineering and creating displays and exhibits in many museums around Europe. The firm bids with similar companies in order to land a project with a museum. The company has members from other areas so they are able to work with museums for other regions in Europe. For example, Jonsson is from Sweden so he is able to deal with Museums that are in Scandinavia. After speaking with us Jonsson gave us a tour of the facility. During this he showed us what they were currently working on. He showed us a rail that was not running smooth and that they will have to redo because the owner of the project wanted smooth running railing but did not give them what they needed to accomplish this.
Dirt and his boy Sentelik are eagerly waiting for the speaker
Mr. Jonsson is showing a frame to a display during the tour
After visiting the company we were dismissed to do what we wanted to do to finish the day off. Brock, Leslie and I broke up into a group to go visit the Holocaust Museum. This museum was broken up into seven sections. At the beginning of the exhibit was the overview whole timeline from 1933 to 1945 of the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe. The exhibit displayed this by displaying images along a timeline with descriptions. The next section included written letters, diary entries, and notes written during persecution. The next room displayed documents describing various Jewish families in their perspectives. The fourth section showed biographies of some murdered and missing Jews. The next room showed the different sites that the holocaust took place at in central and Eastern Europe. Overall the museum was not as big as the DC Holocaust museum but still evoked feeling and emotion. Reading and seeing all the accounts makes you feel anger towards the Nazis and anyone who participated in the holocaust. You also feel a sense of disbelief that anyone would do this to a group of people. Overall it is a must visit museum and worth your time.
-Naveed
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