13/01/2021
Here’s an amazing break, one I intend to do myself
Understanding the Holocaust, Auschwitz, Kraków & Schindler’s Factory by Air ✈️
2022 dates ✈️
The murder of more than six million Jews during the Second World War remains one of the darkest but defining aspects of the conflict. On this tour we look at some key aspects of the Holocaust in the area that was German occupied Poland during WW2 and examine the experience of war for the Polish people. We tour the terrifyingly massive Auschwitz Concentration Camp, go to Oskar Schindler’s Factory and discover the story of Schindler’s List. We also walk the Kraków Ghetto and see the Museum of the Polish Home Army.
Tour Includes
📍4 nights hotel with continental breakfast
📍Specialist Historical Guide
📍Return flights to Kraków with hand luggage allowance
📍Airport transfers in Poland
📍Air-conditioned coach travel
📍 5 days from £629 pp
Day 1
Fly to Kraków and transfer to our hotel in Kraków for four nights.
Day 2 - Kraków
We start our tour in Kraków having an in-depth look at the Kraków Ghetto seeing the ‘Chairs’ Memorial, the old Eagle Pharmacy and the buildings where Jewish families lived. After lunch you will visit the Oskar Schindler Factory; immortalised in the film Schindler’s List, Oskar worked tirelessly to save as many of the city’s Jews as he could. The factory site is now a museum which helps explain the war in Poland as well as the Holocaust.
Included meals: Breakfast
Included Highlights
Kraków Ghetto
Oskar Schindler Factory
Day 3 - Auschwitz
Today you travel to Auschwitz, the most notorious and deadly of the Concentration Camps in German occupied Poland. Auschwitz has become one of the enduring symbols of the horror that was the Holocaust. We have a guided visit of Auschwitz, seeing the many museum items and exhibitions, and take time to explore the vast site of Auschwitz-Birkenau where an estimated one million died in the 'Final Solution'. A moving day studying one of the most iconic locations connected to the Holocaust.
Included meals: Breakfast
Included Highlights
Auschwitz
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Day 4 - Plaszów Concentration Camp, Kraków War Cemetery
We start at the War Cemetery in Kraków where there is a large British plot, plus graves from the German Army, Polish Forces and Soviet Forces. We then visit the site of Plaszów Concentration Camp, the closest camp to Kraków. In the afternoon you have free time to explore central Kraków.
Included meals: Breakfast
Included Highlights
Plaszów Concentration Camp
Kraków War Cemetery
Day 5
Return transfer to Kraków airport for your return flight to the UK
You will stay at the 3-star Hotel Ascot or the 3-star Hotel Wyspianski in Kraków ❤️
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