Jewish Warsaw - Layover Tour

Do you have a layover in Warsaw? Why not take the chance for a quick journey through the Polish-Jewish world? I'm a guide in the Museum of the History of Polish Jews and know how to make the best use of a short time. You will be picked up from the airport and taken directly to the most important spots related to the history of the Polish Jews living in Warsaw, especially to the tragedy of the Holocaust. You will see several remnants of the ghetto, where the Nazis gathered 450. 000 Jews. Most people today know about hunger, diseases and terrible living conditions there but have you heard about theatres in the ghetto? About the underground archive? About secret religious studies? I will tell you these stories. We will also visit the sites connected with the Great Deportation in 1942 and the Ghetto Uprising broken in April 1943. You will see the Uprising monuments and other places commemorating the victims and the fighters. PLEASE NOTE: tour time includes airport transfer.

This is a suggested agenda, let me know how much time you have and what you want to see, and I will customize the tour accordingly. - Picking up from the airport, driving to the city center - ca. 1 h (depending on the traffic) - Original fragments of the ghetto wall with inscriptions and memorial plaques - 30 min - Symbolical neon bridge over two parts of the ghetto commemorating the famous footbridge on Chlodna street - 15 min - The building of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews (outside) and the Monument of Ghetto Heroes - 15 min - Memorial Route of the Martyrdom and Struggle with Anielewicz Mound at Mila 18 (the bunker where the last Uprising commander lost his life) and Umshlagplatz (place of deportation to Treblinka extermination camp) - 1 h - Driving back to the airport - ca. 1 h PLEASE NOTE: If you have more time, I recommend visiting the Jewish Cemetery (founded in 1806, still open, absolutely unique place), the Nozyk synagogue, and so on. Please email me for details.