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RON ALBRECHT, MBA ’69, FOCUS: , 2018 Berlin AN UP-CLOSE EXPLORATION OF A STORIED EUROPEAN CAPITAL

June 12 to 21, 2019

a program of the stanford alumni association

Highlights

DISCOVER Berlin’s wealth of historic monuments and buildings, viewing such iconic structures as the , the Reichstag, the Neo-Roman- esque Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche and idyllic , Berlin’s oldest residential quarter.

EXPLORE , a World Heritage- designated ensemble of five world-renowned museums on a full-day visit to this complex that’s home to the bust of Nefertiti, the Pergamon Altar and the breathtaking Ishtar Gate.

ENJOY Berlin’s world-class cultural scene attend- ing a performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Staats- opera and hearing the German Symphony Orchestra perform Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 in A minor at the Berliner Philharmoniker.

REFLECT on the events of World War II, the and America’s relationship with Berlin at the Holocaust Memorial, the House of the Wannsee Conference, the Memorial at Bernauer Strasse and the in .

COVER: REICHSTAG BUILDING DOME Faculty Leader STEPHEN HINTON, the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Stanford and professor of music, and by courtesy, of German, has taught in the School of Humanities and Arts since joining the Stanford faculty in 1994. His principal research focuses on the music of German-speaking lands from the classical period through the present, and he has a particular interest in the works of Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Hindemith and Kurt Weill. His areas of specialization include , the culture of the Weimar Republic and exile studies. Having grown up in London, Hinton was fortunate to have had such early musical experiences as singing as a chorister in various churches and opera houses in the U.K. and playing viola in the London “Stephen Hinton Schools’ Symphony Orchestra. During our trip, Professor Hinton will discuss topics such as Berlin culture of the 1920s, and music and architecture; he will also provide introductions to the musical is a wonderful performances scheduled during our stay in Berlin. — Professor since 1994, and chairman, 1996–2004, department of music; senior associate dean, School of teacher and a Humanities & Arts, 2006–2010—Stanford University — Denning Family Director, Arts Initiative and Arts Institute, 2011–2015; member, Bing Advisory Group, since 2010— wonderful travel Stanford University — Associate professor, department of music, Yale University, 1990–1994 companion.” — Researcher and teacher, Technische Universität Berlin, 1981–1990 — Recipient, Dean’s Award for Teaching in Stanford’s School of Humanities & Sciences, 2015 CHRISTINE AUBREY, — Recipient, Kurt Weill Prize, 2013 ’66, CRUISING THE — BA, 1978, and PhD, 1984, University of Birmingham, DANUBE, 2018 England

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MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEWS OF (HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL) Berlin BERLIN Potsdam Berlin Wall Memorial

Reichstag Schloss Bellevue Museum Island S Hilton pr Charlottenberg ee Hotel R iv er

to Dahlem and Wannsee districts

Potsdammer Platz. Enjoy an afternoon and evening at Under the Itinerary leisure to continue exploring Berlin independently. HILTON Microscope WEDNESDAY & HOTEL GENDARMENMARKT (B,L) THURSDAY, JUNE 12 & 13 Stanford Travel/Study’s special U.S. / BERLIN, SATURDAY, JUNE 15 Focus programs are designed to GERMANY ART AND provide in-depth insights into a Depart the U.S. on overnight ARCHAEOLOGY particular city, including staying flights, arriving in Berlin on At the Museum Island in one centrally located hotel for a Thursday and transferring to complex, take guided tours week-long stay, visiting off-the-beat- our hotel, centrally located of the to en-track sites, meeting with locals, on the Gendarmenmarkt, view many of Germany’s art enjoying presentations by guest an 18th-century town treasures and the Neues Mu- speakers and attending exclusive square that’s home to the seum that includes the bust special events, while allowing plenty Konzerthaus, the Huguenot of Nefertiti. Enjoy free time of time for individual pursuits. Französischer Dom and the to visit some of the other Deutscher Dom. Gather for museums—our tickets are Most mornings begin with a lecture a welcome orientation and good for all five museums after breakfast, after which we set reception at our hotel this on Museum Island, includ- off on foot, to explore a theme that evening. HILTON HOTEL GENDAR- ing the , is central to the city’s identity. Lunch MENMARKT home to the incomparable is usually eaten together as a group Ishtar Gate. Dinner is on our and most afternoons and evenings FRIDAY, JUNE 14 own this evening. HILTON HOTEL are free for independent exploration. CLASSIC BERLIN GENDARMENMARKT (B,L) Drive by several major There is typically one full-day Berlin landmarks such as SUNDAY, JUNE 16 excursion by motor coach to a site Kurfürstendamm; Schloss THE COLD WAR located outside the city, otherwise Bellevue, official residence Depart by coach to view we use a motor coach only when of Germany’s president; several Iron Curtain and Cold it’s impractical to walk or take public the Kaiser-Wilhelm- War icons, including the re- transportation. We provide a transit Gedächtniskirche, its gutted, mains of the Berlin Wall and pass or transit tickets in order to WWII-bomb-strafed tower the Berlin Wall Memorial. The facilitate independent navigation. surrounded by a modern afternoon is free for exploring Although dinners are mostly on our blue-glass bell tower, oc- on one’s own. After dining own, we generally attend at least tagonal church and memorial independently, attend a new one performance of opera, music, hall; Nikolaiviertel, Berlin’s production of Giuseppe dance or theater as a group. reconstructed historic quar- Verdi’s tragic operatic mas- ter; Brandenburg Gate; and terpiece, Rigoletto, at the Berlin BERLIN Potsdam Berlin Wall GERMANY Memorial Mitte

Reichstag Gendarmenmarkt Schloss Bellevue Museum Island Pariser Platz S Hilton pr Charlottenberg ee Hotel R iv er

to Dahlem and Wannsee districts KAISER-WILHELM-GEDÄCHTNISKIRCHE (MEMORIAL CHURCH)

newly renovated Staatsopera was signed in 1945, settling the Unter den Linden. HILTON HOTEL status of Germany after World THURSDAY, JUNE 20 GENDARMENMARKT (B) War II. En route back to Berlin, MODERN BERLIN drive across the Glienicke Attend a briefing at the U.S. MONDAY, JUNE 17 Bridge, site of Cold War spy Embassy (pending availability), POLITICAL BERLIN exchanges as depicted in the then tour the “young scene”— Begin the day with a guest film, Bridge of Spies. HILTON HOTEL street art, galleries and start- lecture, then visit the Memorial GENDARMENMARKT (B,L) ups—in the Berlin-Mitte and to the Murdered Jews of Europe , neighbor- (Holocaust Memorial) and the WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 hoods that have undergone site of Hitler’s bunker at Pariser ALLIES AND profound change since the fall Platz. Take a guided tour of the THE AXIS of the Berlin Wall. After reunifica- nearby Reichstag building that Following a guest lecture, depart tion, artists and designers took dates back to 1894. Home to by coach for the possession of the area’s vacated the German Parliament until the neighborhood of Dahlem to visit factories. More recently, modern Nazi era, it regained that status the Allied Museum. Located in architectural projects have been when it was renovated and re- the former cinema and library for built among newly renovated opened in 1999. Enjoy dazzling American troops, this museum 17th- and 19th-century struc- views of Berlin during lunch at documents the political and tures, but the area still retains an its roof-garden restaurant, then military engagement of the Allied “artsy” vibe. Visit the restored walk up a spiral ramp to the top Powers in Berlin and Germany Hackesche Höfe, a Jugendstil of the Reichstag’s transparent from 1945 up through 1994. (art nouveau) courtyard complex, dome. We end our day with a Continue to the leafy suburb of and the Augustrasse, a micro- private historical sightseeing Wannsee, to explore the villa, neighborhood of avant-garde cruise along the River and now a museum, where high- fashion and eccentric public Landwehr Canal. HILTON HOTEL ranking Nazi Party and German art. Enjoy a final afternoon of GENDARMENMARKT (B,L) government officials gathered independent exploration before in 1942 at what became known gathering for a farewell recep- TUESDAY, JUNE 18 as the Wannsee Conference to tion and dinner at our hotel this PRUSSIAN POTSDAM coordinate the implementation evening. HILTON HOTEL GENDARMEN- Travel by coach to the historic of the so-called “Final Solution of MARKT (B,D) city of Potsdam to tour the 18th- the Jewish Question.” After din- century baroque palace and ing independently, depart for the FRIDAY, JUNE 21 gardens of Sans Souci, summer Berliner Philharmoniker to attend BERLIN / U.S. residence of Frederick the Great a performance of Mahler’s Sym- After breakfast and checkout, of . Later stroll through phony No. 6 in A minor by the transfer to Tegel Airport for the Schloss Cecilienhof, the site German Symphony Orchestra. flights home, arriving back in where the Potsdam Agreement HILTON HOTEL GENDARMENMARKT (B,L) the U.S. the same day. (B) BERLINER DOM () SIEGESSÄULE (VICTORY COLUMN)

Trip-cancellation/interruption and baggage in- surance Excess-baggage charges Personal items such as telephone and fax calls, laundry Trip Information and gratuities for nongroup services AIR ARRANGEMENTS DATES You are responsible for booking and purchasing June 12 to 21, 2019 (10 days) airfare to the start location and from the end location of the program. These air purchases SIZE 34 participants (single accommodations are are NOT included in the program cost. To assist limited—please call for availability) you in making these independent arrangements, we will send you details with your confirmation COST* materials on when to arrive and depart. $6,995 per person, double occupancy $8,595 per person, single occupancy WHAT TO EXPECT *Stanford Alumni Association nonmembers We consider this program to be a moderately add $300 per person active one that is at times physically demanding. All participants must be physically fit, active and in INCLUDED good health. Although we use a motor coach on

8 nights of deluxe hotel accommodations occasion, many of our daily excursions will be via

8 breakfasts, 5 lunches, 1 dinner Welcome the Berlin U-Bahn (subway) and on foot, and will

and farewell receptions Gratuities to guides involve walking from two to three miles. Participants

and drivers for all group activities All tours must be able to stand outside with limited shelter

as described in the itinerary Group transfer and no available seating for up to three hours, rain and baggage handling on program arrival and or shine. Significant walking and climbing of stairs,

departure days Minimal medical, accident and sometimes without handrails, will also be required

evacuation insurance Educational program at historic buildings, museums, castles and U-Bahn with lecture series and pre-departure materials, stations. Many afternoons are free for individual including recommended reading list, a selected pursuits and many meals are independent; to

book, map and travel information Services facilitate exploration we will provide each traveler of our professional tour manager to assist you with a seven-day transit pass that allows unlimited throughout the program access to Berlin’s comprehensive public trans- portation network, including the U-Bahn, bus and NOT INCLUDED International and U.S. domestic airfare Pass- tram, as well as information about, directions to and port and visa fees Immunization costs discounts for some of Berlin’s most commonly visited Meals and beverages other than those specified sites. We welcome travelers 15 years of age and older as included Independent and private transfers on this program. MARIE-ELISABETH-LÜDERS-HAUS (NEW PARLIAMENTARY COMPLEX) Terms & Conditions if you purchase your policy within Deposit & Final Payment war, quarantine, force majeure or A $1,000-per-person deposit is 14 days of written confirmation of other causes beyond our control. required to hold your space. Sign your participation on the trip. All such losses or expenses will up online at alumni.stanford.edu/ have to be borne by the passenger Eligibility as tour rates provide arrangements trip?berlin2019 or call the Travel/ We encourage membership in the only for the time stated. We reserve Study office at (650) 725-1093. Stanford Alumni Association as the Final payment is due 120 days the right to make such alterations program cost for nonmembers is to this published itinerary as may prior to departure. As a condition $300 more than the members’ price. of participation, all confirmed be deemed necessary. The right is A person traveling as a guest paid reserved to cancel any program prior participants are required to for by a current member will not sign a Release of Liability. to departure in which case the entire be charged the nonmember fee. payment will be refunded without For more information or to purchase Cancellations & Refunds further obligation on our part. The Deposits and any payments are a membership, visit alumni.stanford/ right is also reserved to decline to refundable, less a $500-per-person goto/membership or call (650) accept or retain any person as a cancellation fee, until 120 days prior to 725-0692. member of the program. No refund departure. After that date, refunds can will be made for an unused portion Responsibility of any tour unless arrangements be made only if the program is sold The Stanford Alumni Association, are made in sufficient time to avoid out and your place(s) can be resold, Stanford University and our operators penalties. Baggage is carried at the in which case a $1,000-per-person act only as agents for the passenger owner’s risk entirely. The airlines cancellation fee will apply. with respect to transportation and concerned are not to be held exercise every care possible in doing Insurance responsible for any act, omission or so. However, we can assume no Stanford Travel/Study provides event during the time that passengers all travelers who are U.S. or liability for injury, damage, loss, are not on board their plane or Canadian citizens with minimal accident, delay or irregularity in conveyance. Neither the Stanford connection with the service of any medical, accident and evacuation Alumni Association, Stanford automobile, motor coach, launch coverage under our group-travel University nor our operators accept or any other conveyance used in insurance policy. Our group policy liability for any carrier’s cancellation carrying out this program or for the is intended to provide minimal penalty incurred by the purchase of acts or defaults of any company or levels of protection while you are a nonrefundable ticket in connection person engaged in conveying the traveling on this program. You may with the tour. Program price is based passenger or in carrying out the choose to subscribe to optional trip- on rates in effect in August 2018 and arrangements of the program. We is subject to change without notice to cancellation and baggage insurance. cannot accept any responsibility for Information offering such insurance reflect fluctuations in exchange rates, losses or additional expenses due tariffs or fuel charges. will be provided to travelers with their to delay or changes in air or other welcome materials. The product services, sickness, weather, strike, offered includes special benefits

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June 12 to 21, 2019 STANFORD TRAVEL/STUDY