Day 01
Warsaw's Nazi Occupation and Second World War Sites
- Meet your Warsaw tour guide in the parking lot in front of the entrance to the Palace of Culture and Science.
- Begin the tour by visiting sites in chronological order, following the events that took place in Warsaw during the Second World War.
- Travel to Saska Kępa District, the area closest to the heart of Warsaw that German troops reached before the city surrendered.
- Stand in the place where Hitler stood when the city was forced to endure a victory parade after its defeat at the hands of German troops.
- Continue to Wawer, where the first significant act of German terror took place. At Christmas in 1939, 107 Polish civilians were massacred here.
- Step into the remains of the 18 km Jewish ghetto wall, built when Jewish citizens were forcibly separated from the rest of society and confined to the "Jüdischer Wohnbezirk".
- Learn about the significant acts of resistance that began in 1942, when train tracks around Warsaw were blown up.
- Explore the prominent places connected with the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, which led to the destruction of the city. See the site where Soviet and Polish troops entered, and where the spirit of the city began to re-emerge in January 1945.
Head back to the hotel.
