Warsaw, Lublin, Zamosc, Belzec and Krakow, Poland
July 9 – 18, 2010
Designed for families with children 11 and older.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Scholar-in-residence Jacek Nowakowski, and a Holocaust survivor and volunteer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- You and your family will go behind the scenes at the preeminent institution for the study of Jewish history in Poland, the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, with Director Dr. Eleanora Bergman. Together you will visit the conservation laboratory and the famed Ringelblum Archive.
- Participate in private tours of Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec, and the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum with briefings by the directors of each.
- Take a guided walking tour of Warsaw's Memory Lane, including the Monument to Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto, which honors the Jewish resistance fighters; Mila 18, site of the last bunker to fall to the Nazis; and the Umschlagplatz, from which 300,000 Jews were deported.
- Explore Kazimierz, the Jewish Quarter of Krakow, with the chairman of the Jewish Community.
- Experience exclusive access to Krakow's Galicia Jewish Museum and its permanent exhibition, Traces of Memory, featuring a contemporary look at remnants of the Jewish past in Poland.
- Be the guests of the U.S. Ambassador in Warsaw and the U.S. Consul General in Krakow and enjoy a private concert in the famed Wieliczka Salt Mines.
Fast Facts
There is no minimum gift requirement to participate in this trip. Dates, schedules, fees, and other trip details are provided in good faith and are based upon current currency values, tariffs, airfares, and a minimum number of participants. While we strive to maintain the listed fees, they are subject to change.
Cost
$4,500 per person, double occupancy
$4,900 per person, single occupancy
$4,000 per person, triple occupancy (bed and rollaway)
A minimum deposit of $500 per person is due with registration.
For more information, please contact Nadia Ficara at 202.488.0470 or nficara@ushmm.org.
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