A cooperative venture of Union University, Rhodes College and The University of Tennessee at Martin
Spring 2010

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• 2008 Trip: Union Students Participate in European Holocaust Travel Experience

A European Travel Study Experience

• 15-day trip in May 2010 to Germany, the Czech Republic, and Poland
• Three credit hours (undergraduate, graduate, continuing education, available online) in History and Religious Studies
• Interdisciplinary program (history, literature, languages, religious studies)
• Regular classroom instruction during spring semester

Places to be Visited

• Holocaust memorials, former concentration and death camps and Jewish ghettos
• National landmarks, museums, churches and other cultural sites

Main Contact Persons

Items included in the cost of the trip:

• Economy air fare Memphis/Berlin and Warsaw/Memphis May 23-June 6 via Northwest/KLM or other scheduled IATA carrier (actual fares not in range until July 2009)
• Current fuel surcharge (subject to change until ticketed)
• $250,000 automatic flight insurance on all airline tickets issued by our travel agent
• 13 nights in centrally located, good 3-star/4 star hotels on share basis with 3 nights in Berlin, 3 nights in Prague, 3 nights in Krakow, 1 night in Lublin, and 3 nights in Warsaw
• Continental buffet breakfast daily at your hotels (the breakfasts were quite substantial in all locations for our 2008 tour.)
• Welcome dinner in Berlin
• Farewell dinner in Warsaw
• Center for Dialogue and Prayer (Operated by the Catholic Church) in Auschwitz – lunch and dinner
• Airport taxes (subject to change until ticketed)
• Arrival airport transfer Berlin to hotel via private local coach with English-speaking guide
• Private local coach in Berlin for May 25 and 26
• Private air conditioned touring coach for 8 days from departure Berlin to arrival Warsaw to provide all services per itinerary
• Private local coach for services per itinerary in Warsaw
• All sightseeing entrance fees/visits per itinerary (related to Berlin, Prague, Krakow, and Lublin visits listed next)
• Local guide services as follows:
  • Berlin – 2 full days per itinerary, May 25 and 26 (full day = 7-8 hours)
  • Prague – half day per itinerary, May 28 (half day = 3-4 hours)
  • Krakow – half day per itinerary, June 1
  • Lublin – half day per itinerary, June 2
• Entrance fees and visits to Terezin Ghetto, Flossenburg Prison, Majdanek Death Camp, Auschwitz Death Camp, and Jagiellonian University in Krakow
• Guide for visit to Warsaw Ghetto
• Union University Administrative Fee

Items not included are:

• passport (if you don’t already have one),
• meals not specified,
• items of a personal nature (telephone, laundry, internet usage, etc.), and
• porterage.

Since the trip will depend on the number of people who go with us and on the value of the dollar at the time final arrangements are made, I have been advised to state a tentative range of $3500 to $4000 for the trip’s cost. Trip deposit deadlines will be decided at a later date.

Since the three participating tour professors did the holocaust trip last year and have extensive travel experience in Europe, we will try to reduce expenses wherever we can. We will also be there to help you as best we can educationally and personally throughout the trip. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls at accarls@utm.edu, Dr. Stephen Carls scarls@uu.edu, or Dr. Stephen Haynes at haynes@rhodes.edu. If you plan to participate in our study/travel experience, you still have plenty of time to set money aside for that purpose. Share your interest in our trip with friends and family. The more who travel with us, the less expensive the trip will be.