Witness and Remembrance: Historic Learning and Preservation at Auschwitz
13 days
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Small Group Tour
Spend five days doing service work at Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp and learn about the Holocaust through lectures, discussions and expert-led excursions to important sites.
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Overview
Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Wheelchair Accessible
Trip pace
Full schedule
Highlights
- Help to preserve the legacy of those who died at Auschwitz through historical landscape preservation projects at Auschwitz
- Visit key sites in Berlin, including the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and the Wannsee Conference Mansion, where SS leaders discussed the “Final Solution
- ” Learn about Jewish life before and after the war through meetings with members of the Jewish community
What's this trip about?
Spend five days doing service work at Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp and learn about the Holocaust through lectures, discussions and expert-led excursions to important sites.
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Itinerary
Day
1
Overnight flight to Berlin
In Flight
Day
2
Arrive Berlin, Explore Friedrichshain
Berlin L,D H+ Hotel4Youth am Mauerpark, Berlin Mitte
Lunch: At local restaurant - depending on arrival times
Afternoon: Orientation walk through the Friedrichshain or Berlin center.
Dinner: At local restaurant
Evening: Free time.
Day
3
Terror Museum, Wall, Brandenburg Gate, Potsdamer Platz
Berlin B,L,D H+ Hotel4Youth am Mauerpark, Berlin Mitte
Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at hotel
Morning: Excursion to the Holocaust Memorial (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe) and visit to the Topogra...
Day
4
Wannsee Conference Memorial House, Jewish Museum
Berlin B,L,D H+ Hotel4Youth am Mauerpark, Berlin Mitte
Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at hotel.
Morning: Visit the Wannsee Conference Memorial House and Education Site where SS representatives met to discuss plan...
Day
5
Trasfer to Oswiecim for Service Program.
Auschwitz B,L,D Centre for Dialogue and Prayer (Hotel)
Breakfast: At hotel
Morning: Today will have a scenic drive from Berlin to Oswiecim/Auschwitz. (Oswiecim is sometimes still called Auschwitz, its German name, in ...
Day
6
Auschwitz Jewish Center, Auschwitz I Camp
Auschwitz B,L,D Centre for Dialogue and Prayer (Hotel)
Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at Center.
Morning: Presentation by staff member of Center for Dialogue and Prayer and excursion to Auschwitz Jewish Center to learn ...
Day
7
Auschwitz II Camp Birkenau
Auschwitz B,L,D Centre for Dialogue and Prayer (Hotel)
Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at the Center.
Morning: Orientation and service work with the archives department of the Auschwitz museum. Work with archivists to help clean and pr...
Day
8
Visit town center, Harmeze Monastery
Auschwitz B,L,D Centre for Dialogue and Prayer (Hotel)
Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at the Center
Morning: Visit and tour the town of Oswiecim, including teh former synagogue and Jewish cemetery.
Lunch: at the Center ...
Day
9
Service Work, Auschwitz National Exhibitions, Holocaust Talk
Auschwitz B,L,D Centre for Dialogue and Prayer (Hotel)
Breakfast: Buffet breakfast at the Center.
Morning: Help maintain the grounds at Auschwitz, to minimize the impact of over one million annual ...
Day
10
Today will include the completion of service work.
Auschwitz B,L,D Centre for Dialogue and Prayer (Hotel)
Breakfast: At Center
Morning: Continue service work at Auschwitz and self-guided visits to National Exhibitions.
Lunch: At the Center
Afternoon: Presentation by archivist for Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum.
Dinner: At the Center
Evening: Free time
Day
11
Travel to Krakow, Poland, visit the Galicia Jewish Museum.
Krakow B,L,D Campanile Krakow
Breakfast: At the Center
Morning: Coach transfer to hotel in Krakow.
Lunch: At local restaurant.
Afternoon: Walking tour of Kazimierz, the Jewish quarter of Krakow.Visit to Galicia Jewish Museum.
Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant.
Evening: Free time
Day
12
Walking tour of the historic city center in Krakow.
Krakow B,L,D Campanile Krakow
Breakfast: breakfast at hotel.
Morning: Walking tour of historic Krakow including the town square.
Lunch: lunch at a traditional Polish restaurant.
Afternoon: Free t...
Day
13
Program Concludes
In Flight B
Breakfast: At hotel (or bag breakfast for those departing before the breakfast service)
Morning: Transfer to Krakow airport for return to U.S.
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Meals Included
- 33 Meals
- 11 Breakfasts
- 11 Lunches
- 11 Dinners
- The following choices may be available when requested in advance: Vegetarian, Gluten Free
Age Requirements
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