March of the Living

Stakeholder Experience

April 19-22, 2020
Core Trip to Poland

April 19-26, 2020
Core Trip Plus Optional Extension in Poland

 

DESCRIPTION

BBYO’s approach to March of the Living is unique: teens and survivors side by side, line between teacher and student blurred—the experience made all the more powerful. Together, old and young march in remembrance of the darkest chapter in human history and vow to stamp out the prejudice, hatred, and intolerance that persists in the world today.

This year, BBYO is convening a special group of stakeholders to experience March of the Living with us. This opportunity – available only to select individuals – will allow you to see Poland through the eyes of teens as they bear witness alongside Holocaust survivors. As the years approaching are sadly some of the last that survivors will make the journey, the urgency to march together is greater than ever.

Extending above-and-beyond the typical March of the Living trip, this experience includes:

  • Intimate discussions with survivors and Krakow community leadership

  • Private tours of historic Polish sites

  • Conversations with BBYO’s teen leadership about their experiences

 

PRICING
Core Trip: April 19-22, 2020
$2,135 based on double room occupancy
$2,485 based on single room occupancy

Core Trip Plus Optional Extension in Poland: April 19-26, 2020
This trip includes a visit to the beautiful Galician countryside, a tour of the Warsaw ghetto, Shabbat in Poland with the Warsaw community, and other special highlights.
$3,150 based on double room occupancy
$3,950 based on single room occupancy

Space on this invitation-only trip is intentionally limited. Please view the itinerary below, and let us know if you will join us in Poland by registering here. For more information please contact Jayme David, VP of Community Engagement, at [email protected].

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ITINERARY

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

  • Arrive to Krakow in the afternoon – meet our local staff team (lunch is provided)

  • Check-in to our centrally located hotel and get refreshed

  • 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

  • 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

  • Trace the history of the Holocaust at the Krakow Ghetto, the Plaszow Labor Camp and view the Oscar Schindler Factory

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • Continue on to Auschwitz and join thousands of travelers from around the world for the March of the Living (lunch is provided en route)

  • Take part in the official Yom HaShoah ceremony at Birkenau attended by political leaders and dignitaries from Poland, Israel and beyond

  • 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

  • Option #1: Return to Krakow Airport for the group flight to NYC (same day arrival)

  • Option #2: Continue the journey as part of BBYO’s March of the Living for Adults

 

OPTIONAL EXTENSION
 

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 | The Galicia Countryside

  • Depart Krakow and travel north through Poland’s Galicia countryside (lunch is provided en route)

  • Stop for a solemn visit to the Zbylitowska Góra forest mass grave memorial

  • Break along the way to explore the Castle of Lancut and learn about the local Jewish community

  • Arrive to Lublin and enter the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, a famed center of Jewish learning and the site of a massive Nazi book burning

  • 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

  • Morning walking tour in Lublin, including the historic Old City, Jewish Ghetto, Maharshal, and Grodzka Gate

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Umschlagplatz – Gathering place before transfer to Treblinka Death Camp

  • Travel from Warsaw for a solemn visit to the Treblinka Memorial

  • Return to Warsaw and prepare for Shabbat

  • 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

  • Shabbat programming options followed by a closing group lunch in Warsaw

  • Visit the groundbreaking Museum of the History of Polish Jews (POLIN)

  • Havdallah – Mark the end of Shabbat and the start of a new week

  • 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)