Transcript Berlin trip Parents presentation 2014

Box Hill School History trip to
Berlin 2014
Day One
Thursday 3 April 2014
• Students to attend school in mufti on Thursday 3 April
2014 – luggage to be taken to Ralph House on arrival
where it will be locked in an Office until departure.
Normal lessons until the end of period 6 (15h30)
when they immediately go to Room 12 to meet OA
and FM.
• Depart from Box Hill School at 16h10 in a coach
bound for Gatwick South Airport
• Flight from Gatwick at 19h55 arrives Berlin
Schönefeld 22h50.
• Transfer by private coach to the Hotel, Berlin.
• Check-in at Hotel – unpack, relax and lights out.
Flight luggage information – Easy Jet
Each passenger may check in one hold bag weighing no
more than 20Kg. The group may carry hold bag on the
plane within the dimensions: 50 x 40 x 20cm including
handles and wheels and Easyjet will guarantee it will
travel with you either in the overhead locker or, if
necessary, under the seat in front of you.
You can still choose to bring ONE slightly bigger bag up to
the maximum size of 56 x 45 x 25cm including handles
and wheels, but on some busy flights your bag may have
to go into the hold.
Taking liquids through security
There are restrictions on the amount of liquids you can take in your hand
luggage. If possible, pack liquids in your hold baggage (luggage that you
check in).
Liquids include:
all drinks, including water
liquid or semi-liquid foods, eg soup, jam, honey and syrups
cosmetics and toiletries, including creams, lotions, oils, perfumes, mascara
and lip gloss
sprays, including shaving foam, hairspray and spray deodorants
pastes, including toothpaste
gels, including hair and shower gel
contact lens solution
any other solutions and items of similar consistency
If you do take liquids in your hand luggage:
containers must hold no more than 100ml
containers should be in a single, transparent, re-sealable plastic
bag, which holds no more than a litre and measures
approximately 20cm x 20cm
contents must fit comfortably inside the bag so it can be sealed
the bag must not be knotted or tied at the top
you’re limited to 1 plastic bag per person
you must show the bag at the airport security point
Liquids in containers larger than 100ml generally can’t go
through security even if the container is only part full. There are
some exemptions.
Day Two
Friday 4 April 2014
Wake-up call at 7 am
Breakfast at 7.45 am
Gather in Hotel lobby and set off for
Museum visits around the City by foot and
by public transport – Berlin three day travel
cards are provided for in the trip costs.
National Memorial to the
Murdered Jews of Europe
The memorial was unveiled on 10 May 2005, 17
years after it was first proposed.
It provoked much controversy and debate both
before and after its construction.
‘Questions on German
History’ Museum
DHM for short, is a museum devoted to
German history and defines itself as a
place of enlightenment and understanding
of the shared history of Germans and
Europeans.
The students have a fantastic opportunity
to enquire into social, political and
economic aspects of life under the Nazis in
the Third Reich.
The guides are highly qualified and keen
to encourage the students to see the
learning process at the museum as a twoway process.
Bendlerblock
Memorial to the German Resistance
The centre for military
resistance against
Nazism was formed
here.
Here its leader,
Friedrich Olbricht,
planned a coup
d’etat against Hitler.
On 20 July 1944, the
fuse of a bomb was
set at Hitler’s
headquarters, but
Hitler survived.
Olbricht and other
conspirators in the
Bendlerblock were
arrested and
executed that same
night in the courtyard
of the building, by a
firing squad.
Day Three
Saturday 5 April 2014
Wake-up call at 7 am
Breakfast at 7.45 am
Gather in Hotel lobby and set off for a day
focused on Nazi anti-semitic policies and its
effects on the Third Reich and Occupied
Europe during WW2.
Wannsee Conference House
Location for a conference of top Nazi government
and SS officials on 20 January 1942.
The conference was convened by Reinhard Heydrich
to discuss the ‘Final Solution of the Jewish Question’.
Following this meeting, mass deportations and
systematic killings at camps intensified.
National Memorial at
Sachsenhausen
Described by Himmler in 1937 as a "modern,
up-to-date, ideal and easily expandable
concentration camp".
Sachsenhausen was built in the form of an
equilateral triangle with its buildings grouped
symmetrically around an axis.
From 1938 Sachsenhausen
housed the administrative
centre for the entire
concentration camp system.
More than 200,000 people were
imprisoned here between 1936 and 1945
by the Nazis. Ironically thereafter the
Soviets used it as a prison for people with
suspected links to the Nazi regime.
Day Four
Sunday 6 April 2014
Wake-up call at 7 am
Breakfast at 7.45 am
Gather in Hotel lobby and set off for a
day focused on the allied defeat of Nazi
Germany and the immediate post-war
(Europe) settlement focusing on deNazification strategies, communism in
Eastern Europe and the reorganisation
of Germany.
Potsdam
Sans Souci & Cecilienhof
The former summer palace of
Fredrick the Great, King of Prussia.
It was built in the 1740s in the
‘Rococo’ style.
Fredrick wanted to reside there
‘Sans Souci’ or ‘Without a Care’.
Kaiser Wilhelm II built Cecilienhof
for his son between 1914 and 1917.
It is built in the style of an English
Tudor House.
It was the location of the Potsdam
Conference where leaders met to
discuss the fate of Germany in July
1945.
Glienicke Bridge
Time permitting, on our way back into Berlin
City we will visit and walk across the famous
bridge where USA and USSR spy swaps took
place from the beginning of the Cold war
period.
The bridge spans the River Havel and
connects Potsdam with Berlin.
The Soviet Union and USA used the bridge
three times to exchange captured spies
during the Cold War – in 1962, 1985 and 1986.
The bridge began to be referred to by the
media as The Bridge of Spies.
Evening activities
Evening activities
Fri 4 April – A visit to the TV Tower – 300 feet high
with fast lifts and magnificent views over Berlin.
Those not wishing to pay 7 Euros can explore
Alexander platz and its surrounding cultural areas
with staff supervision.
Sat 5 April – A visit to the world famous Bundestag
(German Reichstag building) from the time of the
Reichstag Fire and Hitler’s Enabling Acts – 23
March 1933. The students get to explore the
amazing Glass Dome built by British architect,
Lord Foster and to look into the Parliamentary
assembly – they might even be working late
(unlike British MP’s)!