Sergeant Eugene Bruce- Tagoe and Corporal Chirandeep Kala at Check Point Charlie in Berlin.
Bergen-Belsen
Concentration Camp The Battlefield Study started with an early morning drive to visit the Bergen- Belsen Concentration Camp, which was liberated on April 15, 1945, by British and Canadian troops. Here we learnt more about the fate of the innocent civilians (including Anne Frank and her sister Margot) who were transported, imprisoned, and died there.
Berlin
A trip to visit numerous World War 2 related locations in Berlin, including the Jewish Cemetery/Museum, The Reichstag Building, Fuhrerbunker, Checkpoint Charlie and remnants of the Berlin Wall.
Embarking on an open top bus for a sight and sounds tour of Berlin on a warm summers’ day to end the day.
The team pose for a photo at Check Point Charlie in Berlin. Dachau
Concentration Camp The infamous Dachau Concentration Camp in Bavaria, liberated by US troops on 29 April 1945. Dachau was the first concentration camp built by the Nazi regime and was opened by Heinrich Himmler on 22 March 1933, with the initial intention to house Adolf Hitler’s political opponents.
The Infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign at the Entrance to the Dachau Concentration Camp.
Here we learnt about Nazi barbarism towards the prisoners, including the first use of the gas chamber and crematorium for mass killing and disposal of the bodies. Once the Nazis realised that the Dachau model was working for them, they used the blueprints to set up similar Camps all around occupied Europe including: Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald,
A Model of the Dachau Concentration Camp from 1933.
Bergen-Belsen, Breslau, Sobibor and Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Another interesting fact learn was that the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign (which translates as “Work Sets You Free)”, placed at the entrance of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp was modelled on a similar sign affixed to the Dachau Concentration Camp.
Staff Sergeant Edward Adom-Baffour (A-B) outside the Bergen- Belsen Concentration Camp Museum.
Comparing the parallels between Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 to that of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, history enabled the group to recognise that when Dictators are not made accountable for their actions, they continue to inflict pain and suffering on innocent people.
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