04/02/2021
Poland Krakow🇵🇱
Understanding the Holocaust, Auschwitz, Kraków & Schindler’s Factory by Air
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.
Travelling Sunday 13th February 2022
Flying From Manchester ✈
Price £659pp (deposit £150pp)
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
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
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
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
Day 5
Return transfer to Kraków airport for your return flight to the UK.
Included meals: Breakfast
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Full balance due 10 weeks before travel.