Central Europe: Psychology of War

Airport Transfer

On-ground Briefing & Orientation Walking Tour - The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do in case of an emergency. 

Prague Old Town Walking Tour - visit the Charles Bridge, Old Jewish Quarter, Astronomical Clock, etc.

Welcome Dinner - The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets.

Prague Castle Circuit - see the Old Royal Palace,  St. George‘s Basilica, Golden Lane, and St. Vitus Cathedral.

Free Afternoon

Lecture held by faculty

Lunch Break

Guided Tour, Cold War Museum - This museum is an authentic nuclear bunker hidden in the basement of the Yalta Hotel on Wenceslas Square.

Lecture held by faculty

Lunch Break

Museum of Medieval Torture - Collection with models of torture devices, graphic cartoons & explanation panels.

Guided Tour, Museum of Communism - Museum dedicated to presenting an account of the post–World War II Communist regime in Czechoslovakia in general and Prague in particular. The Museum of Communism offers an immersive look at life behind the Iron Curtain.

Free Afternoon

Early Private Transfer to Auschwitz (approx 6 hrs)

Guided Tour Auschwitz Concentration Camp (3.5 hrs)

Continue to Krakow (approx 1 hr)

Hotel Check-In

Krakow Old Town Walking Tour - See the Cloth Hall Museum, the Rynek Underground Museum, the Gothic St. Mary's Basilica, The Jewish Quarter, and more.

Wawel Castle - The Wawel Royal Castle and the Wawel Hill constitute the most historically and culturally important site in Poland. You will see “The State Rooms” and “Royal Private Apartments”, the exhibitions of “The Crown Treasury” and “The Armoury”, and the archaeological reserves “The Lost Wawel” and “The Church of St. Gereon”. 

Early Private Transfer to Berlin (approx 7 hrs)

Orientation Walking Tour

Berlin Walking Tour

Berlin Cathedral - The Berlin Cathedral, also known as the Evangelical Supreme Parish and Collegiate Church, is a monumental German Evangelical church and dynastic tomb on the Museum Island in central Berlin. With its origins as a castle chapel for the Berlin Palace, several structures have served to house the church since the 1400s.

Lecture held by faculty

Lunch Break

Berlin Cold War Walking Tour (approx. 3 hrs) - Follow the ghost-like trail of the death strip and wall, and discover everything there is to know about the Cold War on a fascinating walking tour around Berlin. Learn about where the cold war powers formerly confronted each other, the routines and duties of border guards, Soviet and allied forces, the Stasi, and the CIA.

Lecture held by faculty

Lunch Break

German Historical Museum - This museum is devoted to German history. It describes itself as a place of "enlightenment and understanding of the shared history of Germans and Europeans".

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Tour (approx 6 hrs) - Travel to one of the most important forced labor camps in Nazi Germany. Trace the very same path that prisoners were forcibly marched to the site by their Nazi guards, and explore the memorial with an expert guide. Take time to visit exhibitions at the site and discover the lives of prisoners through the meticulously designed camp that functioned as the head of the entire camp network.

Free Rest of the Day

The Wall Museum - Visitors experience the history of the division of Berlin and the most beautiful event of the Germans - the fall of the Berlin Wall, staged using multimedia and with a common thread from the construction of the Wall to its fall in 1989. The Wall Museum is located in the former mill warehouse at the famous East Side Gallery and the Oberbaumbrücke border station.

Free Afternoon

Farewell Dinner & Program Closing

Airport Transfer

Depart Berlin, Germany for Home