SISS Year 9 visit to the Dachau concentration camp memorial site in Bavaria
On Monday, July 17, 2023, the students of year nine visited the Dachau concentration camp memorial site in Bavaria.
The site is a place for people to mourn those who suffered, along with being a reminder of the past so nobody forgets the dark period of Germany's history. Although the camp functioned as a prison, not as one of their extermination camps, over one-fifth of the people who had spent time there died.
In 1933, right after Hitler came into power, the camp was built as the first concentration camp in Germany. Hitler sent his political enemies there. Over time, Hitler expanded the use of his prison to criminals, homosexuals, and Jews. The camp was only closed after World War 2 in 1945.
Topics such as concentration camps are tough, but it's vital to stop repeating the past. Many students believed visiting the site was an emotional journey, a feeling that could only be experienced by physically being in the place where it all happened.
Text: Amelia Erler, 9bSISS
We are overjoyed to report on the accomplishments of the SISS Walkathon 2023, which took place on June 17 at the Seeheim Christian-Stock-Stadion. Over 150 people from our school community and beyond attended the event, which was planned in partnership with Oxfam. Alexander Kreissl, the mayor of Seeheim, joined us as we set off on a special journey to help underprivileged children.
On Wednesday, June 7th SISS Secondary hosted the annual Careers Day event. Professionals from local industries offered nine workshops in the fields advertising, aviation, construction, communications in the pharmaceutical industry, energy trading, international development, industrial research and intellectual property, life coaching and the space industry.
