Sixteen students and four staff 
members “bused” their way through 
Germany, Poland and the Czech 
Republic, looking at important sites 
relating to the rise of Nazism in 
Germany. This helped the students to 
understand why these events were able 
to occur and how the policies of the 
Third Reich impacted on almost every 
person living in Europe during that 
time.  The students met and spoke to 
many individuals willing to talk about 
the tragedies that occurred, which 
certainly had a huge impact on our 
students and staff.   This history 
side of the tour also helped the art 
students to understand why there was a 
big shift in the types of paintings 
being done around this time.  Artists 
were no longer content to 
paint “pretty landscapes and 
portraits”, their paintings’ subject 
matter changed to include political 
and social messages.

This trip was a wonderful, fun and 
rewarding experience for all and the 
bonds and friendships built on the 
camp will last well beyond the high 
school years and the students would 
like to thank both the North West 
Shelf Venture and Karratha Senior High 
School P&C for their generous support.