The tour focuses on the traces of the Jewish community in Warsaw, their history, their rich culture, their contribution into the life of the whole society. It also includes the places connected with the horror of the Holocaust: the ghetto area with Umschlagplatz, from where people were transported to the Treblinka extermination camp.
You will see very few survived fragments of pre-war “Jewish Warsaw”: tenement houses around the Jewish market square, the orthodox synagogue, fragments of tram lines going through Nalewki Street (center of the Jewish quarter before WW2).
You will be guided through the old Jewish cemetery, you’ll see fragments of the ghetto wall and the monuments that mark the route of martyrdom of the Polish Jews during Nazi occupation. I will show you archive photos so you could compare them with present views.
Where will we go?
- Próżna Street – center of pre-war cultural and trade life
- Nozyk synagogue – the only synagogue that survived the War (still in use)
- Original fragments of ghetto wall
- Chlodna Street – symbolical neon bridge over two parts of the ghetto
- Jewish Cemetery – founded in 1806, still functioning
- The building of POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews – outside (recommended to visit individually, closed on Tuesdays)
- Memorial Route of the Martyrdom and Struggle of the Jews 1940-1943 with Umschlagplatz – place of deportation to Treblinka death camp
- Memorial plaques in former Jewish ”Northern Quarter”
The tour can be extended by Jewish Praga district (original pre-war Jewish houses: former dormitory and Bergson Education Building as well as a restored house of prayer in the Museum of Warsaw) or the original villa from “Zookeeper’s Wife” movie.
PLEASE NOTE – on Saturdays the cemetery and the synagogue are closed.
- Duration: 5 hours
- Type: walking & driving
- Max. number of tourists: 4
- Price per group: 295 USD
- Additional costs: 20 PLN/person (Jewish Cemetery entrance)