From D-Day to Berlin

The summer program “From D-Day to Berlin: World War II Sites in England, France, Germany” offers Sewanee students an opportunity to visit many of the most important battlefields, monuments, museums, and cultural sites associated with the second world war in Western Europe. During this three week study-excursion, students will be able to view the rooms where Churchill met his cabinet and followed the progression of the war, the headquarters office where Eisenhower and his staff planned the D-Day invasion, the D-Day beaches themselves as well as the American cemetery that overlooks Omaha Beach, the hotel that served as German headquarters in Paris as well as plaques to resistance fighters that still adorn bullet-ridden buildings in the heart of the city, numerous places in Munich where the Nazi movement rose from insignificance to attempted world domination, the horrors of Dachau concentration camp, the Nuremberg courthouse where Nazi criminals were put on trial after the war, and finally the city of Berlin with its many reminders of both the world war and the cold war.

The trip is led by Professor Harold Goldberg, who has written two books on World War II and has visited all of these sites extensively. Students receive four hours of credit as indicated below.

History 406. From D-Day to Berlin: World War II Sites in England, France, Germany
This course focuses on World War II in England, France, and Germany. Lectures and discussions on specific topics are enhanced by visiting sites related to the progression of the war and its impact on soldiers and civil-ians. Starting in London with the Imperial War Museum and War Cabinet Rooms, the program moves to Portsmouth and then crosses the Channel into Normandy. In northern France the emphasis is on D-Day, followed by a visit to Paris and discussions of the occupation and liberation. The pro-gram travels east and finishes in Germany with visits to Nazi party loca-tions in Munich, Dachau Concentration Camp, Nuremberg, and the capital city of Berlin. (Credit, full course.) Goldberg.

This summer program leaves Sewanee on Monday, May 16, and returns to Sewanee on Sunday, June 5. In the three week interim, students will have visited London, Portsmouth, Normandy, Paris, Munich, Nuremberg, and Berlin. For additional details, contact Professor Goldberg at hgoldber@sewanee.edu or in his office at 931.598.1566.