Auschwitz > Auschwitz Sample Itinerary

Sunday
The Warsaw Experience

  • Arrive in Warsaw
  • Check-in: Youth Hostel in Warsaw
  • Orientation Program
  • Trip Agenda Review

Monday
The Krakow Experience: Historical Perspectives and the Modern Realities of Poland

  • Educational Program Introduction
  • AM-Tour of Waivel the Royal Castle
  • PM-Walk of the Kazimierz District-famous location for the movie, “Schindler’s List” by Stephen Spielberg
    - Group Meeting

Tuesday
Travel Day

  • PM-Poland National Museum Tour
  • Group Meeting

Wednesday
Day in Warsaw

  • AM-Tour: The Warsaw Ghetto/Jewish Ghetto
  • Tour the Korczak Orphanage
  • Korczak Memorial, memorial on Mila Street where there was the bunker of Jewish fighting organization where Mordechaj Anielewicz died
  • Jozef Lewartowski's House,
  • The Nozyk Synagogue, Jewish Cemetery
  • Memorial to the Ghetto Heroes
  • Lunch-Café Blikso
  • PM-Tour: The Dom Sierot Orphanage and Solidarity Avenue

Thursday
The Auschwitz Experience

  • Travel from Warsaw to Auschwitz/Oswecium
  • Check –in: The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC)
  • Visiting the city of Oswiecim ( Jewish center, cemetery, market square)
  • Visit of Auschwitz I (Stammlager)
  • Group Reflection
  • Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz

Friday
The Auschwitz Experience

  • AM-Morning volunteer work at the Stammlager
  • Travel from Auschwitz to Birkenau
  • PM-Afternoon visit of Birkenau
  • Group meeting
  • Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz

Saturday
The Auschwitz Experience

  • Morning volunteer work at Birkenau
  • Afternoon visit of the national exhibitions in Auschwitz I or visit of Birkenau, library
  • Group meeting
  • Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz

Sunday
Day off

  • Sightseeing trip to Wieliczka Salt Mines

Monday
The Auschwitz Experience

  • AM-Morning meeting with a employee of the Educational Department of the Auschwitz Museum
  • Lunch in town
  • PM-Afternoon visit of Monowice, Auschwitz or Birkenau, library
  • Group Meeting
  • Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz

Tuesday
The Auschwitz Experience

  • Morning volunteer work at Auschwitz I or at Birkenau
  • Afternoon visit of an art-exhibition in the monastery of Harmeze, which was installed by a survivor
  • Group Meeting

Wednesday
Tour Day

  • Pack and depart for Warsaw
  • Czestochowa - a visit to the most famous Polish monastery
  • Jasna Gora (miraculous Black Madonna, the treasury).
  • Check-in to Youth Hostel
  • Farewell Dinner

Thursday
The Journey Home

  • Pack and free time in Warsaw
  • Depart for United States

 


 


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