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Saturday, April 18, 2020 | Depart for Poland
Our optional group flight departs from NYC in the evening
Travelers have the option to arrange their own flights as well as to check-in to the Krakow hotel on an earlier date
Sunday, April 19, 2020 | The Jewish Galicia Legacy
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Check-in to our centrally located hotel and get refreshed
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Honor the achievements of Polish Jewry in Kazimierz – Krakow’s historic Jewish Quarter dating back to the 14th Century – including stops at the Remu Synagogue, Tempel Synagogue, old Jewish cemetery and Jozefa Street
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Evening: Dinner with Jewish teens from Krakow who are involved with BBYO
OVERNIGHT: Kraków, Poland Hotel (TBD)
Meals Included: Lunch & Dinner
Monday, April 20, 2020 | Confronting Auschwitz & Birkenau
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Trace the history of the Holocaust at the Krakow Ghetto, the Plaszow Labor Camp and view the Oscar Schindler Factory
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Arrive at the grounds of Auschwitz II – Birkenau, where the full horror of the extermination of 1.5 million Jewish People is palpable (packed lunch provided)
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Continue to Auschwitz I, where we will tour the watchtowers, fences, cell blocks, wall of death, crematoria, and Arbeit Macht Frei Gate (lunch is provided en route)
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Evening: Visit the Krakow JCC, now the center of modern Jewish life in Krakow, where we’ll meet with a community leader over dinner at the JCC
OVERNIGHT: Kraków, Poland Hotel (TBD)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day
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Reflections at the restored Oświęcim Synagogue near Auschwitz and visit to Jan Skarbek Square to honor the memory of this Catholic priest who was a Righteous Among the Nations
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Continue on to Auschwitz and join thousands of travelers from around the world for the March of the Living (lunch is provided en route)
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Take part in the official Yom HaShoah ceremony at Birkenau attended by political leaders and dignitaries from Poland, Israel and beyond
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Return to Krakow for a free evening in Old Town Market Square following dinner
OVERNIGHT: Kraków, Poland Hotel (TBD)
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | Returning Home
OPTIONAL EXTENSION
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | The Galicia Countryside
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Depart Krakow and travel north through Poland’s Galicia countryside (lunch is provided en route)
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Stop for a solemn visit to the Zbylitowska Góra forest mass grave memorial
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Break along the way to explore the Castle of Lancut and learn about the local Jewish community
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Arrive to Lublin and enter the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, a famed center of Jewish learning and the site of a massive Nazi book burning
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Check-in to our hotel in central Lublin, followed by a free evening and dinner on own in Lublin’s Old Town district
OVERNIGHT: Lublin, Poland Hotel (TBD)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Thursday, April 23, 2020 | Lublin & Majdanek
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Morning walking tour in Lublin, including the historic Old City, Jewish Ghetto, Maharshal, and Grodzka Gate
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Arrive to the Majdanek concentration camp originally set up in July 1941 for prisoners of war but soon turned into a death camp for Jews and Poles
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Continue on to Warsaw and check-in to our accommodations
OVERNIGHT: Warsaw, Poland Hotel (TBD)
Meals Included: Breakfast
Friday, April 24, 2020 | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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Uprising! – Explore the remains of the Warsaw Ghetto and learn about the Jewish community’s famous revolt along the Route of Heroes and at Rappaport Memorial
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Umschlagplatz – Gathering place before transfer to Treblinka Death Camp
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Travel from Warsaw for a solemn visit to the Treblinka Memorial
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Return to Warsaw and prepare for Shabbat
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Experience Kabbalat Shabbat services at the historic Nozyk Shul followed by Shabbat dinner
OVERNIGHT: Warsaw, Poland Hotel (TBD)
Meals Included: Breakfast & Dinner
Saturday, April 25, 2020 | Shabbat in Warsaw
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Shabbat programming options followed by a closing group lunch in Warsaw
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Visit the groundbreaking Museum of the History of Polish Jews (POLIN)
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Havdallah – Mark the end of Shabbat and the start of a new week
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Evening: Group night out and dinner on own in Warsaw’s historic Old Town
OVERNIGHT: Warsaw, Poland Hotel (TBD)
Meals Included: Breakfast & Lunch
Sunday, April 26, 2020 | Returning Home
Transfer to Warsaw Airport for the group flight to NYC (same day arrival)