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“Because it was forbidden, we liked to learn…”

  • by wweaver23
  • Posted on August 20, 2019August 20, 2019

Last Friday my Czech culture class greeted Mrs. Vidláková, a Jewish woman who came to tell us about her childhood in the Terezín ghetto and concentration camp. In 1942, her family was moved to Terezín in northern Czechoslovakia. This post is somewhat grim, but hang with me. Mrs. Vidláková found her silver lining, so maybe we all should, too.

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Prague’s Jewish Ghetto

  • by wweaver23
  • Posted on August 14, 2019August 18, 2019

Today we went on a tour of the Jewish Ghetto of Prague. Learning about the way this sect of Czechs lived their lives was a valuable insight to the Jewish culture and their importance within Czech culture.

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Zlín!

  • by wweaver23
  • Posted on August 6, 2019August 18, 2019

I thought I had seen it all, growing up in a state with an arterial tract of ghost towns. But one thing my repertoire was missing was a shoe empire.

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