From Krakow: Auschwitz and Schindler's Factory Guided Tour

From Krakow: Auschwitz and Schindler's Factory Guided Tour

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Depart from Krakow to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp and Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory. Learn about the historic tragedy as you tour the grounds and discover the lives lost in the past.

Highlights

Visit the site of the terrible genocide where the memory of it is preserved
Explore the dark pages of history with professional guides
Share the reality of 80 years ago thanks to artifacts and exhibition arrangement

Description

Drive from Krakow to the Auschwitz-Birkenau complex. After approximately 70 kilometers and passing through security, walk through the gate that says Arbeit Macht Frei (Work Frees), then go inside to learn how the complex, built by the Nazis in 1940, quickly turned from an internment camp to a resort mass murder. Your guide will discuss the history of the camp and show you around the buildings that act as exhibition pavilions. Each brick of the barrack, a board of a watchtower, a fence wire, a fragment of someone's glasses, a photo in a display case tells a fragment of a tragic story. After seeing exhibitions in the old prison blocks, pay tribute to the victims at the gloomy camp memorial. In Birkenau, on a vast territory, experience the mapped living conditions in barracks, you will feel the enormity of evil that cannot be repeated. Return to Krakow by the same route and have a rest or meal break (not part of the offer). Then we will invite you to visit the exhibition 'Krakow during the occupation' in the former Oskar Schindler's enamel factory. Although this name is known to many, this trip does not tell about the fate of a German entrepreneur, but gives an opportunity to feel the atmosphere of Krakow, which was immortalized by the director in a famous film, which reigned during the German occupation. Thanks to the modern multimedia installation, you will walk along the cobbled streets of the city, enter the photographer's studio, look at the hairdresser, take a tram, see a typical apartment in the Jewish ghetto, and then find yourself with the inhabitants of the Płaszów concentration camp...

Includes

Tour with a professional guide at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum (ticket included): Tour with a professional guide in the Schindler's Factory Museum (ticket included); Transfer Krakow - Oświęcim - Krakow

Important Information

Special registration requirements when booking entry to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum! All admission tickets to this Museum are personal. Remember to bring your ID card or passport (you will not be able to enter the museum without it). All customers are required to bring an identity document with them on the day of the visit (in the absence of such a document, the staff has the right to refuse entry to the museum). The name and surname on the reservation must be the same as in the ID card. The organizer does not bear any responsibility if any of our clients is denied entry to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum due to lack of documents.