Today I woke up with a little reluctance around 7:30, but forced myself up and to shower. Thankfully this morning we had hot showers! We then went to breakfast and headed to class at 9am. We talked about the Siege of Poland and Jewish Ghettos today. It was very interesting to hear how the Germans took over Poland so fast. Then started setting up ghettos for the Jews. They appointed certain Jews to be leaders of the ghettos or Juden a Heste as they are called in German. These leaders were in charge of clothing, providing food, heat, water, etc to the Jewish population of the ghetto. Unfortunately, the Germans did not give them many supplies to do this adequately. These leaders also had to decide who and how many were to board the trains to the death camps. Some leaders sent 500 or more children at one time, to save their own skin. Others could not carry out such a crime and committed suicide. It was sad seeing the pictures and hearing of the horrors they had to all go through.
After class we had our midterm. It was not bad, I just used my outline. I didn't take as long as I thought I would, but I was ready to be done with it. Hopefully I did well. Dr. Brantz gave us €50 that they had extra in the budget for spending money in Paris.
After the midterm I tried to pack my things. It has been extremely difficult to pack for Paris. We are just using our book bags and I have a bigger purse. We'll see if I can fit everything in there. So we are just hanging out for now. We leave at 3pm for Strasbourg to take the train to Paris. Tonight we are just checking into our hotel and then having dinner. I'm excited to get to Paris. It's a beautiful city and I want to grow to like it more.
More to come tonight or tomorrow. I'm still deciding on whether or not to take my computer.
Au revoir!
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