Poland

Day 1: Tuesday

Welcome on board. Today you will: 

• Learn about Jewish life in Krakow through the ages
• Tour the Krakow Ghetto
• Visit Oscar Schindler’s factory
• Tour the Plazow Labor Camp
• Visit Krakow’s Wawel Royal Castle
• Enjoy free time in Krakow

Overnight: Krakow

Day 2: Wednesday

Today you will visit Auschwitz, the largest Nazi death camp. You will: 

• Visit Auschwitz I, the original camp constructed at the site
• Stand in Auschwitz I’s gas chambers
• Hear the horrific stories of those interned at the camp
• See the punishment block
• Visit Birkenau, one of the subcamps of Auschwitz and the largest Nazi extermination center
• See what remains of the crematorium
• Pay your respects to those who perished.

Overnight: Krakow

Day 3: Thursday

Today you will travel to Lublin and Majdanek, the most intact of the Nazi death camps. You will: 

• Hear personal stories of the horrors that occurred at the camp
• See the gas chambers and crematorium
• View the prisoner barracks and learn about the conditions in which prisoners lived and died
• Pay your respects at the mausoleum containing the ashes of camp victims.
• Have the option of an evening tour of Lublin’s Old Town.

Overnight: Lublin

Day 4: Friday

Today you will travel to Warsaw and will:  

• Tour the POLIN museum of Jewish History
• Learn about the Jewish community in Poland today
• Join the community for a meaningful Shabbat dinner

Overnight: Warsaw

Day 5: Saturday

Shabbat Shalom. Today you will have the option of resting or enjoying a waling tour of the historic center of Warsaw.

Overnight: Warsaw

Day 6: Sunday

Today you visit Treblinka, and then tour the area of the Warsaw Ghetto. You will: 

• Pay your respects at Treblinka State Memorial, the site where many of Warsaw’s Jews were murdered
• Learn about the horrific conditions of the few Jews who were not murdered on arrival, and who were used as slave labor at Treblinka
• Learn about the horrific state of the Warsaw Ghetto and the conditions in which the Ghetto’s residence lived
• Visit the railway platform form which Jews were deported to death camps
• Learn about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and see where the headquarters of the Jewish resistance organization were located
• Hear about the bravery of Janus Korczak and see where his orphanage stood

Your tour ends this evening. After a final farewell meal and time to process, we will arrange a transfer to Warsaw International Airport or to your hotel in Warsaw.