Berlin Trip 2014

Bright and early on Thursday the 23rd of October, thirty-seven students and four teachers left Hazelwood College to travel to Dublin airport to begin our historical school trip to Berlin, led by Mr Farrell.
Undoubtedly, the trip was jam packed with historical outings, from Checkpoint Charlie to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Of course, we did allow time for fun, with visits to Berlin Zoo and BunteSchokoWelt Chocolate Factory.

Our tour commenced with a visit to Checkpoint Charlie, followed by the Berlin Wall Museum. Each and every student was immensely interested in the information showcased in the museum as events involving the Berlin Wall were brought before our eyes.

The following morning began with a tour of Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, now home stadium to Hertha BSC, of the Budesliga. The tour involved viewings of the dressing rooms, VIP lounges and also, the remains of the balcony where Hitler addressed the crowd during the Berlin Olympics in 1936. We then went on to visit the Jewish Museum, where we viewed various exhibitions, educating us on Jewish culture.

Saturday began with a long-awaited visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp. Without a doubt, this was the most eye-opening aspect of our trip. This revealed to us the true horror of the Holocaust, and brought to life these horrific events.

That evening, we travelled to the DDR museum, which showed us everyday life in East Germany throughout its existence. Afterwards, we headed for the Reichstag, where we saw a birds-eye view of Berlin as we scaled the dome.
Thankfully, each and every student and teacher thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the trip.

By: Gráinne Ahern, Patricia Galvin & Sarah Harnett.

Picture 1: Sixth Year Hazelwood College students on tour in Berlin are photographed at Checkpoint Charlie. Pictured are (from left to right) Chuck, one of the guides at Checkpoint Charlie, Peter Gilmore, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Padraig Lordan, John Ahern, Mairead Lordan, Kelly Buckley and Frank, another guide at Checkpoint Charlie.

Picture 2: Fifth Year History students open the iron curtain. Pictured (from left to right) Checkpoint Charlie guide Chuck, pictured with Mr Ronan Farrell, Siobhan O’Callaghan, Kate Farrissey, Janice Reidy, Niamh Enright, Paul Kirwan, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Jack Carroll, Sarah Lynch, James Curtin, Liam Doody and Checkpoint Charlie guide Frank.

Picture 3: Hazelwood College Transition Year students take Berlin. Pictured are (from left to right) Chuck, James Guidera, Quentin Reidy, Chloe Reidy, Ellen Ryan, Emma Stone, Sarah Hartnett, Dwayne Sheehan and Frank.

Picture 4: James Guidera, Dwayne Sheehan and Patricia Galvin pictured with the remaining sections of the Berlin Wall, during their recent tour to Berlin.

Picture 5: Ellie Stone, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Cathal Murphy, Jack Carroll, Ellen Ryan and Grainne Ahern with some of the remaining sections of the Berlin Wall.

Picture 6: Kate Farrissey investigates some of the methods people used to escape from the former ‘East’ Germany at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

Picture 7: David Simcox reviews some of the exhibitions at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum.

Picture 8: Hazelwood College Transition Year Students outside of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.

Picture 9: Pictured are (back row left to right) Gearoid Matthews, Dwayne Sheehan, Quentin Reidy, Diarmuid Murphy, Patricia Galvin and Sean Twohig. Pictured front row (left to right) Emma Stone, Ellen Ryan, Chloe Reidy, Grainne Ahern, James Guidera, Jennifer McCarthy and Sarah Hartnett.

Picture 9: Transition Year students (from left to right) Grainne Ahern, Sarah Hartnett and Patricia Galvin pictured with the 2006 World Cup Bear outside the Olympic Stadium.

Picture 10: Hazelwood College students pictured outside the Olympic Stadium, from left, Patricia Galvin (TYP), Darragh Lynch Linehan (Fifth Year) and Grainne Ahern (TYP).

Picture 11: Hazelwood College students pictured during their tour of the Olympic Stadium outside Berlin. Pictured are (standing from left to right) John Ahern, Padraig Lordan, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Sean Twohig, Gearoid Matthews, Peter Gilmore, Dwayne Sheehan, James Guidera, Liam Doody, Quentin Reidy, David Simcox, Chloe Reidy, Jerry O’Brien, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Sarah Lynch, Sarah O’Callaghan, Ellie Stone, Niamh Enright, Evan Coleman, James Guidera, Jack Carroll and Alison Mulqueen. Pictured in front row (left to right) Kelly Buckley, Kaileigh O’Brien, Mairead Lordan, Emma Stone, Ellen Ryan, Paul Kirwan, Jennifer McCarthy, Janice Reidy, Grainne Ahern, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Patricia Galvin, Sarah Hartnett, Kate Farrissey, Cathal Murphy and Diarmuid Murphy.

Picture 12: Talking to the Animals: Hazelwood College students get up close to one gorilla during their school tour to Berlin. Pictured are (standing from left to right) Patricia Galvin, Jerry O’Brien, Liam Doody and Peter Gilmore as well as Grainne Ahern (foreground).

Picture 13: Sean Twohig (left) and James Guidera (right), both TYP Hazelwood College students, get a novel means of transport around Berlin Zoo during their visit there as part of their History Tour to Berlin.

Picture 14: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Evan Coleman, Gearoid Matthews and Diarmuid Murphy take a break in the course of their visit to Berlin Zoo during their History Tour to Berlin.

Picture 15: Hazelwood College students Darragh Lynch Linehan (left) and Jennifer McCarthy (right) at the start of their visit to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, during their History tour to Berlin.

Picture 16: Hazelwood College students view one of the interactive exhibits at the DDR Museum during their History tour to Berlin. Pictured (left to right) Tadhg O’Sullivan, Liam Doody, Dwayne Sheehan, Jennifer McCarthy, Darragh Lynch Linehan and Peter Gilmore.

Picture 17: Sean Twohig TYP student at Hazelwood College with one of the interactive exhibits at the DDR Museum during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 18: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Gearoid Matthews, Evan Coleman and Diarmuid Murphy try out the East German ‘Trabby’ car, in the DDR Museum during the Hazelwood College tour to Berlin.

Picture 19: Hazelwood College students Sarah Hartnett, Patricia Galvin and Alison Mulqueen settle in to the replica East German apartment at the DDR Museum during their History tour to Berlin.

Picture 20: Hazelwood College students who participated on the History tour to Berlin are photographed before the Brandenburg Gate during their recent tour there.

Picture 21: Hazelwood College students on their recent History tour to Berlin also visited the Reichstag. Pictured are (back row left to right) Paul Kirwan, John Ahern and Tadhg O’Sullivan as well as (front row left to right) Mairead Lordan, Kayleigh O’Brien and Kelly Buckley in the glass dome of the Reichstag during their evening visit there.

Picture 22: Hazelwood College students, who participated in the recent History Tour to Berlin, in the glass dome of the Reichstag during their recent visit there.

Picture 23: Paul Kirwan (left) and Kate Farrissey (right) with the Ritter Sport Bear in the Ritter Sport Chocolate shop in Berlin during their recent History tour to Berlin.

Picture 24: Niamh Enright (left) and Janice Reidy (right) in the Ritter Sport Chocolate shop during their recent visit to History tour to Berlin.

Picture 25: Hazelwood College Fifth Year students pictured in front of the Berlin Concert House. Pictured are back row Paul Kirwin (left) and Mr Donal McCormack (right). Third row (from left) David Simcox, James Curtin, Evan Coleman, Ellie Stone and Jack Carroll. Second row (from left) Kayleigh O’Brien, Liam Doody, Cliodhna O’Keeffe, Sarah Lynch, Cathal Murphy and Alison Mulqueen. Front row (from left) Kate Farrissey, Darragh Lynch Linehan, Jerry O’Brien (seated), Niamh Enright, Janice Reidy and Sarah O’Callaghan.

Picture 26: Hazelwood College TYP students on their recent History tour to Berlin pictured with Ms Sarah Fogarty (back). Students pictured (front row from left) Patricia Galvin, Emma Stone and James Guidera. Second row (from left) Sarah Hartnett, Ellen Ryan and Emma Stone. Third row (from left) Jennifer McCarthy, Grainne Ahern, Gearoid Matthews and Sean Twohig. Four row (from left) Dwayne Sheehan, Quentin Reidy and Diarmuid Murphy.

Picture 27: Sixth Year Hazelwood College students with their History teacher Mr Ronan Farrell. Pictured are back row (from left) Kelly Buckley, Mr Ronan Farrell and Peter Gilmore. Pictured are front row (from left) Padraig Lordan, Mairead Lordan, Tadhg O’Sullivan and John Ahern.

Picture 28: Hazelwood College students (from left) Tadhg O’Sullivan, Kayleigh O’Brien and John Ahern at the Kaiser Wilhem’s Church, which was bombed during World War II and remains in ruins to symbolise the destruction of war.

Picture 29: Hazelwood College students on their History tour to Berlin outside Berlin Zoo. Pictured (from left to right) are Niamh Enright, Kate Karrissey, Janice Reidy and Ellie Stone.

Picture 30: John Ahern (Sixth Year) and Kayleigh O’Brien (Fifth Year) photographed at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 31: Kayleigh O’Brien (left) and Ms Sarah Fogarty (right) pictured at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the recent Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 32: Kate Farrissey (left) and Kelly Buckley (right) pictured at Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 33: Hazelwood College students (from left to right) Darragh Lynch Linehan, Dwayne Sheehan, Liam Doody and Jennifer McCarthy in a replica East German kitchen during their visit to the DDR Museum, part of the Hazelwood College History tour to Berlin.

Picture 34: Sweeter than the real thing! Hazelwood College students (from left) John Ahern, Kayleigh O’Brien, Kelly Buckley and Mairead Lordan stand before a chocolate version of the Reichstag during their recent History tour to Berlin.

Picture 35: The Sweet Taste of Freedom: Hazelwood College students (from left) Niamh Enright, Sarah Lynch, Janice Reidy and Kate Farrissey taste the chocolate version of the Berlin Wall, while n their recent History tour to Berlin.