Poland Prague Jewish Tour Itinerary*
July 10, 2016 - July 20, 2016
Day 1 – Sunday July 10, 2016
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The group will meet at MCO International Airport for departure
to Warsaw (Lufthansa Flight #465 at 7:55PM arrive Frankfort at
10:50AM and connect to Flight #1350 to Warsaw)
Day 2 – Monday July 11, 2016
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Arrive Warsaw at 6:00PM - Jewish Warsaw
Check in at The Westin Hotel Warsaw
Orientation
Evening walking tour of Warsaw Old Town
Overnight: The Westin Warsaw
This tour will be physically active!
You’ll need to happily be able to:
 Walk over uneven pavement
and cobblestones.
 Be on your feet, walking,
standing and touring for up to
four to six hours at a time.
 Climb stairs.
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To fully prepare for this journey, a
Pre-Trip Seminar will be held at the
Holocaust Center with Resource
Teacher Mitch Bloomer
Day 3 – Tuesday July 12, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel
Walking tour of Warsaw Ghetto - The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in
Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. The walking tour will include:
 The Janusz Korczak Orphanage – Janusz Korczak was a Polish-Jewish educator, children's
author, and pediatrician. After spending many years working as director of an orphanage
in Warsaw, he refused freedom and stayed with his orphans when the children were sent from
the Ghetto to the Treblinka extermination camp in 1942.
 Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery -The Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery is one of the largest
Jewish cemeteries in Europe.
 Umschlagplatz - The Umschlagplatz was the square in Warsaw under German occupation,
where Jews were gathered for deportation from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka
extermination camp as part of Operation Reinhard.
 Mila 18 The basement of the house that used to be located here served as the headquarters
bunker of the Jewish Combat Organization.
 Monument to the Ghetto Heroes - is a monument commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising of 1943
 Nożyk Synagogue - The Nożyk Synagogue is the only surviving pre-war Jewish house of prayer
in Warsaw, Poland. It was built in 1898-1902 and was restored after World War.
 Jewish Historical Institute
Free Evening in Warsaw
Overnight: The Westin Warsaw
Day 4 – Wednesday July 13, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel and check out
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Treblinka Museum of Struggle and Martyrdom - an extermination camp built by Nazi Germany
during WWII
Drive to Lublin
Overnight: Europa Hotel Lublin
Day 5 – Thursday July 14, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel and check-out
State Museum at Majdanek - Nazi German concentration and extermination camp established on
the outskirts of the city of Lublin.
Krasnik – This Jewish Cemetery was established in the first half of the 19th century. The last
known burial was held in 1943. From April to November of 1942 the Nazis conducted mass
executions of the Jews in this cemetery.
Drive to Krakow
Tour of Wawel Royal Castle - Houses a state art collection
Free evening in the old town
Overnight: Best Western Plus Q Krakow
Day 6 – Friday July 15, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel
Walking Tour of Jewish Krakow – Kazimierz - Strolling old narrow streets of the eastern half of
Krakow’s Kazimierz district one still finds a unique atmosphere of the Jewish past of this area.
Old Synagogue, Remuh Synagogue, High Synagogue, Temple Synagogue, Isaac Synagogue
Galicia Jewish Museum – the museum is located in the historic Jewish district of Kazimierz in
Kraków, Poland. It is a photo exhibition documenting the remnants of Jewish culture and life in
Polish Galicia, which used to be very vibrant in this area.
Krakow Ghetto (Podgórze) - German authorities created the Jewish ghetto in Krakow under the
Nazi occupation on March 3, 1941 as a compulsory dwelling place for the city's Jews.
Pharmacy Under the Eagle Museum - On the south side of Plac Bohaterów Getta is this museum
in a former pharmacy, which was run by the non-Jew Tadeusz Pankiewicz during the Nazi
occupation.
Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory - Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory, a former metal item factory
in Kraków, is now host to two museums: the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow and a
branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Krakow.
Plaszow Concentration Camp - The Plaszow camp, established in 1942 under the authority of the
SS and police leaders in Krakow, was initially a forced-labor camp for Jews. The original site
of the camp included two Jewish cemeteries.
Transfer to Klezmer Hois restaurant for dinner (pay on your own)
Overnight: Best Western Plus Q Krakow
Day 7 – Saturday July 16, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum - All over the world, Auschwitz has become a symbol
of terror, genocide, and the Holocaust. It was established by Germans in 1940, in the suburbs of
Oswiecim, a Polish city that was annexed to the Third Reich by the Nazis.
Free Evening in the Old Town
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Overnight: Best Western Plus Q Krakow
Day 8 – Sunday July 17, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel and check out
Drive to Prague
Walking tour of Prague including the Jewish quarter (Josefov) and its 6 synagogues.
Check in the Hotel
Overnight at: Hotel Yasmin Prague
Day 9 - Monday July 18, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel
Lidice Memorial - Lidice, a small village in the Central Bohemia, was destroyed June 10, 1942.
Nearly 200 men were shot dead; women and most of the children were transported to
concentration camps.
Day trip to Terezin Memorial- By 1940, Germany assigned the Gestapo to adapt Terezín, better
known by the German name Theresienstadt, as a ghetto and concentration camp.
Lunch in Litomerice - Litoměřice is a town at the junction of the rivers Elbe and Ohře in the north
part of the Czech Republic, approximately 64 km northwest of Prague.
National Monument to the Heroes of Heydrich Terror - The Church of Sts. Cyril & Methodius
houses a moving memorial to the seven Czech paratroopers who were involved in the
assassination of Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich in 1942, with an exhibit and video about Nazi
persecution of the Czechs.
Free time in Prague
Overnight at: Hotel Yasmin Prague
Day 10 - Tuesday July 19, 2016
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Breakfast at the hotel
Free Day to explorer The Golden City of Prague
Overnight: Hotel Yasmin Prague
Day 11- Wednesday July 20, 2016
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Breakfast and check out
Depart to Prague Airport (Lufthansa Flight #1393 at 10:35AM to Frankfort and connect to Flight #
464 at 1:40PM to Orlando
Arrive Orlando at 5:40 PM
Proof of Travel/Medical Insurance is required for ALL participants.
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You may purchase insurance on your own, or arrangements have been made with Marjorie at Take Me Along
Travel, to provide assistance for the required insurance. Their phone number is 404-626-3460.
DUE TO CONDITIONS BEYOND OUR CONTROL, HOTELS AND THE ITINERARY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida would like to thank our
partner, LiveIsraelTours, for their assistance in creating an educational and memorable tour.