b'THE HOLOCAUST Scan herePOLANDS FORGOTTENScan here POLAND AND THE NAZI DEATH CAMPS for the fullHOLOCAUST SITES for the full itinerary itinerary29 October 2024 Historical BackgroundExpert Historian: Martin Winstone Under Communism, in Poland it was traditional to refer to six million Poles714 August 2025 Historical Background2330 April 2025 murdered during World War II, a figure that referred to 3 million ethnic8 days d, prewar Polands second largest city, became part of the Warthegau, an Expert Historian: Dr Isabel Wollaston Poles and 3 million Polish Jews. Those Polish Jews were murdered in ghettos, forests in the east of the country, or purpose-built death campsExpert Historian: area of western Poland incorporated into the German Reich, and site of one 24 June1 July 2025 set up after the German occupation of Poland. By far the largest of theseDr Isabel Wollaston of the largest, earliest and longest lasting ghettos (1940 to 1944). Mordechai Expert Historian: TBC was Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was the site of over one million deaths,Chaim Rumkowski, head of the d ghettos Council of Elders, is one of Activity Level: 2 the most controversial figures in the Holocaust, accused of complicity, 2229 July 2025 mainly Jews brought here from all over Europe. The smaller, purposecollaboration even, because of his ruthless pursuit of a policy of rescue Expert Historian: Dr Isabel Wollaston built killing camp of Treblinka, where Warsaws Jews were taken, wasthrough work to prolong the life of his community. Chelmno (Kulmhof), said by its commandant SS-Obersturmfuhrer Franz Stangl to be able toIn this 8-day tour we visit a number ofthe first deathcamp, opened on 8 December 1941, utilizing gas vans. Up to 29 September 2025 murder over 1000 people per hour at its peak. With the positioning of thelesser-known and, in some cases, forgotten Expert Historian: Professor Tim Cole Majdanek camp on the outskirts of Lublin, the Germans made no effortsites of the Holocaust in Poland. Although200,000, predominantly from the d ghetto and the Warthegau, were to disguise the killings, its gas chambers and crematorium being plainlymurdered there. Chelmnos first commandant, Herbert Lange, played a key the Holocaust is best known by the largerrole in developing techniques of mass murder, facilitating the transition from All tours: 8 days visible to passers-by. The overarching narrative of the tour is about theconcentration and death camps, with theireuthanasia killings to the purpose-built deathcamps of Aktion Reinhardt shift from Polish Jews to European Jews and the evolution of policy frombrutal industrial-scale methods, the effects Activity Level: 2 concentration camps to death camps. (Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka).of the genocide were also felt by smaller communities and individuals. Travelling In this 8-day tour to Poland, we visit the sitesbetween the ancient cities of Warsaw, Lodz, of the former ghettos in Warsaw, Lublin andTarnow and Lublin the tour visits memorials, Krakow alongside four of the concentrationsites of former ghettos, cemeteries, prisons, and death camps - Treblinka, Majdanek,transit points and massacre sites where we Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau - that playedgain a deeper appreciation of the scale of such a significant role in this genocide. Wethe genocide. But a key feature of the tour look at the struggle of both the Jews and theare the stories of bravery by ordinary Poles Poles against their oppressors, visiting thein the face of extreme danger such as Jan scenes of the Ghetto Uprising in 1943 andabiski, director of the Warsaw Zoo, and the memorial to the Warsaw Rising in 1944.Jzef and Wiktoria Ulma in Markowa, who You will see the shift from complete physicalprotected hundreds of Jews. We also learn destruction of the ghetto and camp to theabout Witold Pilecki who volunteered to be actual remnants due to the rapid advancecaptured to enter Auschwitz in a bid to report of the Soviets. However, the tour is noton Nazi atrocities. The tour culminates with limited to the serious and emotive historya visit to Sobibor and the incredible uprising of the Holocaust, with its clear message forand escape by a large group of prisoners.Day 1 Fly from London to Warsaw or make your own arrangements to join thefuture generations. We also enjoy experttour at the hotel. Hotel in Warsaw2 nights. (D)guided tours of the historic cities of WarsawDay 2 Jewish Historical Institute, abiski Villa, Pawiak Prison, Warsawand Krakow. We sample much of the localRising Museum. (B, D)culture and visit the world famous salt mineDay 3 Witold Pilecki capture site, Kulmhof museum (Ruszchow Forest).at Wieliczka. Each evening we will dine in aHotel in d2 nights. (B, D)different local restaurant to enjoy a wealth of diverse local cuisine. The topography ofDay 4 Full day in d: Jewish Cemetery, Radegast Station memorial, Monumentthe sites we visit involves a fair amount ofto the Martyrdom of Children, Survivors Park, Marek Edelman Dialogue walking: at Auschwitz/Birkenau you will coverCentre, Historical Museum of the City of d. (B, D)almost 8 miles over the course of the day, butDay 5 Drive to Kielcevisit pogrom site, cemetery. Continue to Tarnow:that is necessary to achieve a full appreciationDay 1 Fly from London to Warsaw or make your own arrangements to memorials marking the first deportation to Auschwitz, former Jewish of the subject. join the tour at the hotel (two nights). (D) Quarter. Hotel in Tarnow1 night. (B, D)Day 2 Warsaw: ghetto walls, the Umschlagplatz, POLIN Museum, Warsaw Day 6 . Zbylitowska Gora, Ulma Family Museum (Markowa). Hotel in Lublin Jewish cemetery. (B,D) 1 night. (B, D)Day 3 Treblinka, Lublin (overnight). (B,D) Day 7 Sobibor Museum and Memorial site, Czerniawy Memorial Wall. (B, D)Day 4 Belzec, Majdanek, Zamosc (overnight). (B,D) Day 8 . Fly from Warsaw to London or perhaps extend your stay in Poland. (B)Day 5 Krakow: Krakows Old Town (three nights). (B,D) ESSENTIALSESSENTIALS Day 6 . Auschwitz, Birkenau. (B) 4-star hotels, meals as indicated, 4-star hotels, meals as indicated, drinksDay 7 Krakow: Kazimierz, Old Synagogue Museum. 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