Central Europe – World War II & Holocaust
Program includes
- Roundtrip Airfare*
- 7 Nights of Accommodation
- Daily Continental Breakfast
- Welcome & Farewell Dinners
- Entrance to All Venues
- All Ground Transportation
- Travellers Insurance
- Full Time Guide & Assistance
- Historical & Cultural Walking Tours
- Topographie des Terrors
- Jewish Museum
- Sachsenhausen
- Prague Jewish Quarter
- Prague Castle
- Theresienstadt
- Schindler’s Factory
- Auschwitz
- Wieliczka Salt Mine
Itinerary
Day 1 – Departure
- Depart Home for Berlin, Germany
Day 2 – Berlin
- Arrive in Berlin, Germany
- Airport Transfer
- Check In, Relax, & Refresh
- Berlin Walking Tour – Brandenburg Gate, Site of Hitler’s bunker, Checkpoint Charlie, Gendarmenmarkt, The Berlin Wall and more…
- Welcome Dinner & Program Orientation – The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a variety of menu options to cater all diets.
Day 3 – Berlin
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- Topographie des Terrors – Where once were located the headquarters of the SS and the Secret Police Office, now is the main center for the documentation of Nazi crimes.
- Jewish Museum – A timeless monument to Jewish history and life in Germany, Daniel Libeskind’s Berlin Jüdisches Museum is one of the world’s undisputed museums and architectural gems.
Day 4 – Berlin
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Day Trip to Oranienburg
- Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp – A nazi concentration camp, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May 19
Day 5 – Prague
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Train to Prague (4h30), Check-in & Refresh
- Prague Walking Tour – Old Town Square, Charles Bridge, Rudolfinum, City Hall
- Prague Jewish Quarter (Josefov) – The tour will include the oldest active synagogue in western Europe, related to the legend of the Golem, and Europe’s oldest surviving Jewish cemetery.
Day 6 – Prague
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Prague Castle – The largest coherent castle complex in the world, dating from the 9th Century, is now also official office of the President of the Czech Republic.<7spaN>
- Petřín Hill – Lookout Point
Day 7 – Prague
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Day Trip to Terezin
- Theresienstadt – A hybrid concentration camp and ghetto established by the SS between 1941 and 1945 in the fortress town Terezín.
- Sleeper Train to Krakow
Day 8 – Krakow
- Arrive in Krakow, Drop Bags & Refresh
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Krakow Jewish Quarter (Kazimierz) & Jewish Ghetto – Learn about the historical coexistence of Jews and Christians in this neighborhood and visit the old synagogue and the Jewish Ghetto.
- Schindler’s Factory – The factory where Oskar Schindler wrote his list saving many Jews now hosts two museums.
Day 9 – Krakow
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Day Trip to Auschwitz
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp – The largest complex of concentration and extermination camps in the Third Reich.
Day 10 – Krakow
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Wieliczka Salt Mine – Magnificent chambers chiselled out in rock salt, underground saline lakes and unique statues sculpted in salt. Learn why the mines were so important in the history of the Polish people.
- Transfer to Zakopane, the gateway to the Tatra Mountains
- Drop Bags and Refresh
Day 11 – Zakopane
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Hike the Tatra Mountains – Enjoy the stunning views and the pristine nature of the “Polish Alps”, the highest range of the Carpathian Mountains.
- Return to Krakow
- Farewell Dinner & Program Closing
Day 12 – Return
- Breakfast & Day Briefing
- Airport Transfer
- Return Home from Krakow, Poland
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