Sixth Form Berlin Trip

“From 2-5 April 2025, Year 12 and 13 History and German students went to Berlin, where every day we learned and consolidated our knowledge from lessons.

 We did so much in just four days, but my personal favourite day was the Thursday. The first thing we did was go to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. The whole time I was there it was quite difficult, emotionally, to see everything in person and know it didn’t happen that long ago. But afterwards many of us talked about how we felt in smaller groups, which made the whole day easier. After lunch we went to the Berlin Wall memorial and museum. Later in the afternoon we went to another museum, which focused on the Palace of Tears (a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin, at Berlin Friedrichstraße station). We finished the day with a river cruise, which allowed us to be touristy and relax.

The other days were just as action-packed; on our first day after reaching the hostel we went to go see the Bundestag and the Holocaust memorial. Another day we went to the Stasi museum and prison, before going to the DDR museum, getting ice cream and seeing the East Side Gallery along the Berlin Wall. On the last day we went to Check Point Charlie and the museum there, followed by the ‘Typography of Terror’ exhibition, which focused on the Gestapo.

 I am so glad I went on the trip, and even now I am still thinking about all that happened. I’m sure the others that went are feeling the same.”

Gwen Wharry (12E3)