Itinerary for: The Story of Anne Frank and Oscar Schindler (12RFSV/1)

12-Day Break

• Day 1 – Local departure by coach then onwards
  to the Noordwijkerhout area, near Amsterdam for an overnight stay.


• Day 2 – The story of the Frank Family and a
  visit to Anne Frank’s House (included). The Frank family went into
  hiding in the ‘Secret Annexe’ of their home on 6th July 1942 and stayed
  for 25 months until their betrayal on 4th August 1944. The former hiding
  place, where Anne Frank wrote her diary, is now a museum, recounting
  the history of the eight people in hiding and those who helped them
  during the war. Anne Frank’s diary is among the original objects on
  display. Then we travel on to the Hannover area for the night. B


• Day 3 – Bergen-Belsen and Anne Frank’s Memorial
  (included). Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, were taken to
  Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where thousands were dying of hunger
  and sickness daily. Today, all that remains on the site is a graveyard.
  We pause to pay our respects, seeing the memorial dedicated to Anne
  Frank and her sister, who both died at Bergen-Belsen. Onward travel to
  Berlin for a three-night stay. B


• Day 4 – Berlin and the Final Solution
  (included). We spend today in and around Berlin where we visit the
  Wannsee Conference Centre (entrance is approximately €2 per person and
  is dependant on modern day conferences not taking place) where the
  infamous meeting took place that determined the ‘Final Solution’ and
  fate of European Jews. B


• Day 5 – German Resistance and the Holocaust
  Memorial (included). We see the new Holocaust monument and several sites
  associated with Jewish culture. Completed in May 2005, this memorial is
  in the heart of Berlin, near the German Parliament Building and the
  famous Brandenburg Gate. We also spend time exploring where modern
  Berlin fuses with Cold War Berlin: the Allied Museum, Check Point
  Charlie, the remains of the Berlin Wall and Glienicke Bridge, where East
  and West swapped spies. B


• Day 6 – We travel to Krakow for a three-night
  stay. B


• Day 7 – The Oscar Schindler Story and Kasimirsh
  (included). We visit some of the sites used by Oscar Schindler in his
  remarkable attempt to save the lives of his workers. Oscar Schindler
  spent millions to protect and save his Jews and died penniless, but he
  earned the everlasting gratitude of the Schindler-Jews. B


• Day 8 – The Auschwitz Story (included). A site
  of great significance to the Holocaust, we visit Auschwitz, seen as the
  central point in the plan to exterminate a whole race. In June 1942, the
  biggest murder campaign in history began, when the Nazis began their
  plot to systematically destroy the entire Jewish population of Europe.
  The great majority of Jews deported to Auschwitz – men, women and
  children – were immediately sent to their deaths in the gas chambers. An
  extremely moving day. B


• Day 9 – We travel to Prague for an overnight
  stay. B


• Day 10 – The Heydrich Story and Nuremberg
  (included). Reinhard Heydrich was one of Hitler’s most ruthless Nazis,
  second in importance only to Heinrich Himmler in the SS organisation,
  and the principle planner of the Final Solution. We briefly cover his
  story as we pass through the Czech Republic. On arrival in Nuremberg, we
  look into the War Crimes Trials and see the court house used to
  administer justice to many who took part. We stay tonight in Nuremberg
  or Bayreuth. B


• Day 11 – Travel through the Rhine Valley to
  Belgium for an overnight stay. B


• Day 12 – To Calais, then return home. B

Included Meals:
B=Breakfast

Please Note: Entrance fees to museums and places of interest are at
extra cost.

Notes

Prices are per
person, based on two sharing

Extras:

• Optional excursions


• Single room supplement £249


• Travel insurance from £45.95

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