That last Monday we had more lectures and another final presentation by another student.
Again I spent my free time asking to borrow computers and trying to get my presentation done.
At night we watched the movie Poklosie. It was bad off of the events of Jedwabne, I spoke about it briefly in an earlier post. No town name is ever actually mentioned. The movie shines a terrible light on Poland and the actions of Polish people before no after the occupations. It makes Poland seem to be a country of anti-Semitic people who have no problem killing Jews. It was a very hard movie to watch, and a sad way to end our day.
Tuesday morning we had a guest lecture on the legacies of Communism. The are many. Even today you can see how Communism has affected the culture and lives of the people of Poland.
After a quick lunch we had a tour. This time we went to the Praga section of Warsaw. This area of the city is across the river and was not originally considered an original portion of Warsaw. This saved the area. When Warsaw was ordered to be destroyed, Praga was not. A such actual history still exists in this section of Warsaw. We we able to see buildings were proof of Jewish crosses being nail into doorways still existed. Old apartments that still needed coal to be put into stoves to keep people warm during winter. Praga is the section of the city were people of Warsaw actually live. Across the river is the tourist and industrial sections.
Wednesday was my presentation! I was very nervous things would not work out since I was other people's computers. But I did it and everything worked out!
That night we had our farewell cookout. Our Professor and his wife (the lady go gets everything done and this trip couldn't have happen without) put together a nice outdoor dinner for all of us. It also happened to be the birthday of one of the girls on the trip, so of course a cake was ordered. It was a fun night for all of us.
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