Auschwitz > Auschwitz Sample Itinerary
Sunday
The Warsaw Experience
- Arrive in Warsaw
- Check-in: Youth Hostel in Warsaw
- Orientation Program
- Trip Agenda Review
Monday
The Krakow Experience: Historical Perspectives and
the Modern Realities of Poland
- Educational Program Introduction
- AM-Tour of Waivel the Royal Castle
- PM-Walk of the Kazimierz
District-famous location for the movie, “Schindler’s
List” by
Stephen Spielberg
- Group Meeting
Tuesday
Travel Day
- PM-Poland National Museum Tour
- Group Meeting
Wednesday
Day in Warsaw
- AM-Tour: The Warsaw Ghetto/Jewish Ghetto
- Tour the Korczak Orphanage
- Korczak Memorial, memorial on Mila Street where there was the bunker of Jewish fighting organization where Mordechaj Anielewicz died
- Jozef Lewartowski's House,
- The Nozyk Synagogue, Jewish Cemetery
- Memorial to the Ghetto Heroes
- Lunch-Café Blikso
- PM-Tour: The Dom Sierot Orphanage and Solidarity Avenue
Thursday
The Auschwitz Experience
- Travel from Warsaw to Auschwitz/Oswecium
- Check –in: The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC)
- Visiting the city of Oswiecim ( Jewish center, cemetery, market square)
- Visit of Auschwitz I (Stammlager)
- Group Reflection
- Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz
Friday
The Auschwitz Experience
- AM-Morning volunteer work at the Stammlager
- Travel from Auschwitz to Birkenau
- PM-Afternoon visit of Birkenau
- Group meeting
- Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz
Saturday
The Auschwitz Experience
- Morning volunteer work at Birkenau
- Afternoon visit of the national exhibitions in Auschwitz I or visit of Birkenau, library
- Group meeting
- Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz
Sunday
Day off
- Sightseeing trip to Wieliczka Salt Mines
Monday
The Auschwitz Experience
- AM-Morning meeting with a employee of the Educational Department of the Auschwitz Museum
- Lunch in town
- PM-Afternoon visit of Monowice, Auschwitz or Birkenau, library
- Group Meeting
- Accommodations at The International Youth Meeting Center (IYMC) in Oswiecim/Auschwitz
Tuesday
The Auschwitz Experience
- Morning volunteer work at Auschwitz I or at Birkenau
- Afternoon visit of an art-exhibition in the monastery of Harmeze, which was installed by a survivor
- Group Meeting
Wednesday
Tour Day
- Pack and depart for Warsaw
- Czestochowa - a visit to the most famous Polish monastery
- Jasna Gora (miraculous Black Madonna, the treasury).
- Check-in to Youth Hostel
- Farewell Dinner
Thursday
The Journey Home
- Pack and free time in Warsaw
- Depart for United States