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Bonjour! Museum Without Walls‘ Paris 2010 program is underway. Tonight our group of high school students and volunteers from Seattle and New York City arrived for our first night in the City of Lights. For this leg of the trip, the group is living in an apartment located in the 2nd arrondissement, one of the 20 different neighborhoods in Paris.

We look forward to sharing photos and stories from the students to document this learning experience which combines history and culture.

“My Brain Could Not Make Sense Of Something So Cruel”

Hannah Yang (third from l.) Learned About Holocaust Atrocities

Our visit to the Natzweiler-Stuthof death camp was, obviously, a profoundly unsettling experience. Student Hannah Yang writes about what she learned, thought and felt during the trip to the death camp in the Vosges Mountains.

Living History In Action: Jean-Louis Steinberg

Jean-Louis Steinberg, An Auschwitz Survivor, Shared His Tale

Museum Without Walls returned to Memorial de la Shoah in the Le Marais, a district of Paris, to meet with a Holocaust survivor: Jean-Louis Steinberg. Students Glen Billinghurst and Stephanie Hewett, share their impressions of the encounter.

Holocaust History: Natzweiler-Struthof

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Museum Without Walls traveled from Paris to Alsace, a northeastern region of France, which borders Germany and Switzerland. On a cold and gray day, our group visited Naztzweiler-Struthof, an extinction camp in the Vosges Mountains.

Faces And Places

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Visiting An Extermination Camp

We Enter Natzweiler-Struthof

Museum Without Walls visited Natzweiler-Struthof, an extinction camp located in the Vosges Mountains in the Alsace region of France. Natzwieler-Struthof was in Germany during WWII. It became part of France after the war. Sydney Patrick imagined what it would be like to be an inmate of Natzweiler-Struthof and shares some thoughts.

Courtesy And Respect

Charlotte Porter Had Doubts About Parisians

Student Charlotte Porter heard some initimidating stories about what to expect in Paris. She braced herself for hostile conditions. So what happened? She shares a tale.

Paris Is Picture Perfect

Hannah Yang Has An Eye For Photography

Shortly after arriving in France, our Museum Without Walls group received an orientation of the city via a scenic boat tour. Student Hannah Yang shares what she enjoyed about the experience.

We Will Never Forget

The Eternal Flane At The Shoah Memorial

On a visit to Memorial de la Shoah in the Marais district of Paris, we learned more about the atrocities. Student Kevin Mason reports.

“I See Beauty All Around Me”

For Chesney Pettett, Paris Comes To Life

There is so much to absorb on a walk through the streets of Paris. The culture and architecture made an impression on student Chesney Pettet, who shares her thoughts.

A Kind Of Art Lesson

Stephanie Hewett Is All Smiles After The Louvre

We’re learning about history, culture and also ourselves. Student Stephanie Hewett was inspired by a trip to a the Louvre, which holds such iconic works as Mona Lisa and the Venus de Milo.