Tom Chapman
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Jun 01
Digesting the pieces…
What can I say about the last few weeks? Actually, quite a lot. My best thoughts always come after I’ve spent time in solitude to digest the pieces then put them together into a whole, sort of like a jigsaw puzzle. I ask myself all of time why I chose to study the Holocaust. After …
May 16
Kraków’s Remah Cemetery
At the rising sun and at its going down; We remember them. At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter; We remember them. At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring; We remember them. At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer; We remember them. At the …
May 03
A Pre-Trip Reflection
One of the things I look forward to most on this trip is spending the day with the faculty from Yahad-in Unum to visit previously unknown killing sites. I am aware that the scope and the scale of the Holocaust goes well beyond established killing sites, so this will be a rare opportunity to expand my …
Apr 09
A personal pre-trip reflection
Studying the Holocaust has a personal significance for me. My father, John Chapman, was a U.S. Army medic during World War II. He was a member of the 120th EVAC Hospital unit attached to General Patton’s 3rd Army. What makes this significant is he was part of the American forces that liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp …