Private tour in Prague Sonya P

Prague in World War II

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Sonya P.

4.9

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Hello everybody. My name is Sonya, a native Praguer. I would like to share with you my passion about my city and the country. We will be exploring the hidden corners, speak about our culture, our customs and traditions. I was born and rise in Prague but I also used to live in Berlin and London for couple of years. I love traveling, going to different countries, especially in Asia - Cambodia, Laos, India, Thailand. My next destination will be Japan. To be a tour guide I fulfilled my child dream. As the child I was always behind the guides, carefully listening to their explanations. I decided to become an archaeologist. However, during the communistic time it was very hard to study archeology, because the department was open just every second year and only 3 people from the whole Czechoslovakia were accepted to the studies, so instead I studied and finished the Economics. After several year working, the dream reached me again and I met my dream job - guiding. I love history, its details, hidden stories to see that everything what happened in the previous years has such a huge impact today. That what attracts me on history. In Prague you will find me in a coffee house reading historical books or walking with a book and looking for small details. I can stay in the front of an building for hours admiring the beauty of gothic, renaissance, baroque era and any detail I can find on the building. I like making people happy, always you will be the first. I am very empathetic, caring, smiling, responsible. I am also very flexible, what everything you need to do, I can organize it. My work is my hobby. I look forward to meeting you. Official licensed guide of the Czech Republic - 1992 Official licensed guide of Prague - 2016 Official licensed guide of Jewish Town - 2016 university degree I don't organize tours by scooters, segways and bikes

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Overview of your Prague tour

The Czechoslovakia was one of the first country taken by Nazi. Hitler had a great plan "The March Wind" to occupy my country to pretend he will protect it. We will start from the beginning - how it started, to the end of the war. You will find out about “Bucher of Prague”, who died here thanks to his injuries, about resistance, the situation in the Jewish community and much more. More than 9 years I am interested in WWII searching for more evidences to discover the hidden reasons of WWII. There are still so many secrets to be revealed. I would like to share with you all facts I have found by showing old authentic photos and documents to make the WWII history alive. The tour doesn't run on Mondays.

Recent Reviews

Janet M.United States
May 2026

This was a very interesting tour about the history of WWII in the Czech Republic. Sonya had a lot of knowledge about how the Czechs reacted during the war and why they reacted the way they did. She showed us places we never would have seen on our own including a Jewish school where almost everyone ended up murdered - it had a small museum inside and is not open to the public. She was totally flexible in showing other parts of Prague we showed interest in. I definitely recommend her tour.

Becky B.United States
April 2025

Sonya was amazing. She was able to fill in the missing pieces of our knowledge of WW2. Sonya led us on a walking tour around Old Town and New Town. She was very insightful, knowledgeable, and very friendly. We highly recommend Sonya!

Jody D.United States
September 2024

This tour was fantastic! Sonya did an amazing job preparing for the tour, including pictures descriptions, and the order we saw things. This tour gave us a perspective of WWII That was very personal and detailed. We always love tours by locals because of the personal experience of the tour guide. Sonya has a great pride In her country and its people.

LeeAnne W.United States
January 2024

This was excellent… Sonja listened right away to what we were most interested in and tailored our experience to what we most wanted. We sat in the most beautiful spot and she taught us all we wanted to know about the history we came to learn. She had pictures, stories, answered our questions, very knowledgeable, excellent teacher. Smart, funny, personable, kind. Then she took us to the places we most wanted to see. I'd recommend her highly.

Keith L.United States
November 2023

Sonya is an excellent tour guide. She was very accommodating to the changes I requested to our itinerary. I highly recommend tour for your next, or first, trip to Prague.

Jay L.United States
August 2023

Sonya was a great guide and it was a fun afternoon in Prague. She designed a fantastic tour for us and knew the stories. This was an awesome day! It is well worth doing if you have the time.

Your Prague tour itinerary

We start at the Square of Republic and we will discover buildings connected with the WWII history - Municipal House, Powder Gate, Slavic House, House of the Black Madonna, Charles University, Old Town Square, Jewish Quarter. Finally we take a tram, which brings us to the Church of St. Cyril and Methodius - the last place of 7 paratroopers who died a heroic death in the church after an attempt to kill Reinhard Heydrich - the architect of Final Solution. Speaking about - illegal organisations - Hitler's reason for Czech occupation and explaining his brilliant plan to do it - the first anti-nazi demonstration - visiting Charles University - May Uprising 1945 - visiting the place of biggest battle in Prague, the last days of war - Old Town Square - Jews and Holocaust - walking through the Jewish Town - visiting a previous Jewish school (if possible) - operation Anthropoid - visiting the church and its crypt - it is possible to watch 20 min a documentary movie about it

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Transport details
Type: Public Transportation / Category: Tram

walking and public transportation If you need to organise a private car, just ask.

What's included
Private Guide
Tickets: to see all venues
Public Transportation
Other: 20 min documentary movie
What's not included
Food Drinks Snacks
Meeting location

1078/1 Náměstí Republiky, Hlavní město Praha, Hlavní město Praha, 110 00, Czechia

Square of Republic - in the front of the main entrance to shopping mall Palladium at the Shoe Locker - see the picture It is possible to pick you up from your hotel - just ask

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Other details
Tour categories
History
Off The Beaten Path
Religious Sites
Tour reference number
823600
Languages
English
German
Czech
Activity level
Minimal

Traveller reviews

5.0

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