Yesterday, Saturday, was a day on our own. Some went to Sans Souci. Nancy Kowalski took a small group of us to Sachsenhausen to join an English speaking Berlin historical club tour of the concentration camp there. A sobering experience. This was not an extermination camp, it was a labor camp, yet one fairly small slab of stone marked and covered the 16 tons of human ashes, with up to 60 tons believed to be at various sites around the camp. Though it was a labor camp it was also a training facility for the SS who would use what they learned elsewhere. With a ready supply of Russian POWs techniques were perfected to make sure that it took no more than one shot to kill an unsuspecting prisoner and clean up every 7 minutes. A shower room was used to find better gas mixtures. Not exactly a joy-filled outing, but something that should be seen at least once.
Later we went the the Berlin Philharmonie for an outstanding evening at the symphony. Before the concert we stopped at the Lindenbrau in the Sony Center for dinner. As soon as we walked in our waitress from a week ago recognized us. That's not always a good thing when the wait staff remembers you! But in this case she made sure we sat in her section so I guess we were OK.
This morning is worship at the American Church then we get on the bus for Mansfeld-Eisleben to begin the Reformation Tour.
Jeff Silvernail
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