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Jewish Heritage in Poland
11 days
Warsaw, Lodz, Auschwitz- Birkenau, Krakow, Wieliczka, Plaszow, Zalipe, Zalipie, Tarnow, Bobowa, Sanok, Lancut, Zamosc, Lublin, Majdanek, Kazimierz Dolny
POLAND Downtown Providing Fascinating Travel Experiences
Day 1 - Fri: Warsaw
Arrival in Warsaw. Meet and greet. Transfer to a hotel. Shabbat dinner. [D]
Day 2 - Sat: Warsaw
After breakfast, if you wish, you may attend services in the synagogue in Warsaw. The rest of the morning id free. The afternoon may be free or you may join our sightseeing tour visiting the Old City, Krakowskie Przedmiescie Street, the Jewish Historical Institute, Umschlagplatz, parts of Ghetto walls, the Ghetto Heroes Monument, Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery, Nozyk Synagogue, connection of the small and large ghettos - the narrow passage at the intersection of Zelazna and Chlodna streets, the Pawiak prison and the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. After the visit return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. [B/D]
Day 3 - Sun: Warsaw, Lodz
This morning we’ll drive to Łódź and take a sightseeing tour around the city. From a small village to a big city, Lodz and his community are famous for their rapid growth. Successive generations have made it one of the
major economic cities of Europe. In 1808, Lodz had only 434 inhabitants, including 58 Jews. 130 years later, on the eve of the Second World War and the invasion of Poland by Germany, the population had grown to 672,000 inhabitants, including 233,000 Jews. Jews have made a very significant contribution to the development and growth of the city, both as industrial- ists and entrepreneurs (of the 156 factories which were created between 1881-1900, 105 were the property of the Jews) but also as workers and artisans in the textile industry. This flourishing
trade contributed to the rise of the city and gave Lodz the name of "Manches- ter of Poland". We will visit the Wolf Reicher Synagogue, Piotrowska Street, The Survivors Park, the Decalogue Memorial in the Old-Town Park, Izrael Poznański Palace, Priest’s Mill district (Księży Młyn), Manufaktura Center, Palace of Karol W. Scheibler including the Museum of Cinematography. Then we proceed to the hotel in Łódź for check-in. In the evening we’ll go for dinner at an authentic Polish restaurant and, then, return to the hotel for overnight. [B/D]
Day 4 - Mon: Lodz, Auschwitz- Birkenau, Krakow
We leave Lodz, this morning, on our way to Oświęcim for a visit to the former German Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum – which is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List – makes an unforgettable impression on every visitor. Every year, millions of visitors walk through the gate with the cynic motto “Arbeit macht frei” (Work will set you f ree). The tour begins with a 15- minute documentary movie about the history of the camp. Then, the guide will lead you through Auschwitz
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