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SERCHING FOR THE LOST WORLDa trip into the everyday life of Jews before the WWII

We would like to propose to you an unusual and interesting trip following a Jewish trail. We desire to show you towns and small cities in which till now one can see some remains of Jewish culture and history: old or still open synagogues and cemeteries, prayer houses and Talmudic schools...

We also would like to present to you places of martyrdom of Jewish people. Not only those you already know about because they are visited by people from all over the world, but also hundreds of others which can be recognized only because of some small symbols. Sometimes you can find them thanks to a lonely stone somewhere in the forest on which the number of people killed in this place is written. Sometimes, you can find only an abandoned apple tree - a witness of an old village to which inhabitants will never return...

While following traces of Jewish culture and history in Poland with us, you can use the itinerary which we prepared for you below (the whole thing or only the parts that you are interested in) or you can choose your own places that you would like to visit because they are part of your identity, personal history, you have heard about them or you simply want to visit something different than all other people.. It will be a real pleasure for us to prepare your individual schedule according to your wishes and expectations. We will take you wherever you desire to go!

Our suggestion of the Jewish Trail excursion in Poland (10 days)

Day 1. Warsaw

This day we will meet you at the Warsaw airport to take you to the hotel in which you will stay for the next two nights. There, we would like to discuss with you the itinerary and respond to all your questions if you already have some, as well as help you with arranging all necessary things and with solving all of the problems you can have in an unknown country. We can assure you that you won't be left on your own, without any map of the city and idea how to call your family or friends to tell them that you had no problems with arriving in Poland.

Day 2. Warsaw

During your stay in Warsaw, we would like to show you at the very first place, an old Jewish district and the area of the old ghetto which is possible to recognize thanks to the rest of the original fragments of the ghetto walls. We also want to take you to some places of the martyrdom of Warsaw Jews who were killed here during the ghetto uprising as well as in the public executions end while being transported to the extermination camps where they were sent only to find death. Moreover, you will see with the local guide a big Jewish cemetery where you can find tombs of many famous people from before the war and you will visit the only open synagogue in Warsaw. In the evening, we will invite you to the good Jewish restaurant in the city centre.

Day 3. Warsaw - Treblinka - Tykocin - Bialystok

This day we would like to show you a monument at the place of the former concentration camp made by Nazis in a small town of Treblinka near Warsaw. Next, we would like to go to Tykocin - a small and a bit sleepy town in the east of Poland where it is possible to see an interesting Jewish museum established in the old synagogue and an old Jewish hospital for soldiers. In the late afternoon, we would like to propose to you a short walk through the Jewish traces of culture and history in the city centre of Bialystok - a capital of the Podlasie region and invite you to have a dinner in the hotel restaurant where you can try some specialities of a regional cuisine.

Day 4. Bialystok - Lublin - Majdanek

We will spend the whole day in Lublin to learn about an interesting and very complicated history of its Jewish society before the war and visiting with the local guide some monuments of Jewish culture and art. During the stroll through the city, we would like to show you, among other things, the old synagogue, the famous rabbi school and the old Jewish cemetery with the grave of Jacob Horowitz, the so called "Seer of Lublin". In the afternoon, we would like to take you to the Majdanek district where during the war Nazis established the big concentration camp for Polish Jews and where till now you can see some original barracks and a symbolical monument. In the evening we want to invite you to the famous Jewish restaurant in the city centre of Lublin to have dinner and listen to the live concert of Jewish music.

Day 5. Lublin - Lodz

This day we will go to Lodz, a XIX century "promised land" for all the people of industry and the city of four cultures which signs you can observe till now in the town planning and the architecture of the city. You will see here, among other things, an old property of a very rich, Jewish manufacturer - Scheibler and the biggest Jewish cemetery in Europe with many symbolical macews and ohels. Moreover, we will take you to the most famous street in Lodz - Piotrkowska, where you can visit places connected with extraordinary people like for example: A. Rubinstain, L. Zamenhoff, J. Kosiński or R. Polański. The evening walk through the city centre we will end traditionally in the good Jewish restaurant where we will share all our impressions of the day.

Day 6. Lodz- Czestochowa - Krakow

All tourists go to Czestochowa to visit a famous monastery with the icon of Black Madonna. We would like to show you, on the other hand, Czestochowa's Jewish monuments, especially a historical Jewish cemetery in the industrial part of the city. In the afternoon we will go further to reach Krakow - one of the most beautiful Polish cities and the city which has a very strong bond with the Jewish culture and history which is visible till now in the former Jewish district. This day we would only propose to you a very short, evening walk to the city centre and tomorrow, we desire to show you all of the important Jewish monuments of the city.

Day 7. Krakow

In Krakow we would like to propose to you an unusual trip following the trail of Jewish culture and history and to show you what is left from the previous Jewish district which was full of life. Let's take a stroll through Szeroka Street where you can still see the famous Remu Synagogue and Cemetery, then walk through Podgorze district and see the last fragments of the ghetto walls, then visit the real Schindler Factory at Zablocie, which probably sounds familiar because of the movie filmed here. Place your own memory stone under the Martyrdom Monument in the place of the previous Plaszow Concentration Camp created by Nazis in Krakow during the war. In the evening, we want to invite you for a dinner and a live concert of traditional Jewish songs to the Galicia Jewish Museum where you will also see beautiful photos showing the past, present and future of a Jewish society in Krakow and south part of Poland.

Day 8. Krakow - Auschwitz

This day we are planning to go to Auschwitz - the biggest concentration and extermination camp made by Nazis in Europe. A local guide will tell you a story of this place and the conditions of living here as well as show you ruins of the crematory and will take you to the symbolical monument created in this place for the commemoration of thousands of people killed here during the war. This day is a day of many sad reflections and memories and also a day of many questions and thinking of some possible answers... If you prefer to spend such a day in your hotel room or walking through the city, instead of visiting Auschwitz, we appreciate your decision and we are leaving you alone to meet you in few hours during the dinner in the hotel restaurant.

Day 9. Krakow - Tarnow - Rzeszow - Lancut

In the morning, we are going to Tarnow to visit an old Jewish district and to see what is left from the former synagogue where today you can see an interesting monument. Next, we will move to Rzeszow where we will take a short stroll following the traces of Jewish history of this city and later, we will visit Lancut where you will see the biggest and the most beautiful synagogue while staying in Poland. In the evening we will meet each other for the last time to have dinner in one of the famous Cracovian restaurants and to talk about all the impressions from the last few days.

Day 10. Krakow

We don't want to take you only to the airport and say "good bye" or to take care of all the departure details today, but also to assure you that the country you are leaving is this kind of place which was worth seeing and a place where you can always return. Our desire is also to convince you that we gave you our e-mail addresses not only to fulfil our duty, but also to keep in touch and answer all your questions if you have them after finding yourself back home...