Tour of Eisenach
Monday, June 30, 2008
The goup met for the first time today for a lelcture and Paul let the group in a Canon. The sound was great in this wponderful setting at the Schlosshotel here in Eisenach. Later in the afternoon we took a tour of the city and our tour guide was askedt by several members of the group about life during the Soviet occupaion. She told us about life at that time and the entire group was nearly moved to tears. She spoke about how they had plenty of food, clothes, and housing. The most moving part of her story was when she told of her friend who was sold to the West. It was common for people who had some skills as educators, but who could not bear to be under communist rule decided to leave. By getting arrested at the wall the people were purchased by the West German government would pay for them to come to the west. These people were literally required to leave their homeland and never come back. Later we continued on the rest of the tour of the city and discoverd where Bach was born, went to school, and lived his early years until he was orphaned at the age of 10.
Faculty: Drs. Hilde Binford and Diane Husic /
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