3- Hours Private Tour Bolzano's Jewish History

Meet your guide and private driver in front of Cafè Mozart, Via Perathoner,1 – 39100 Bolzano, and then set off on this 3 hours tour to discover the town's Jewish history. Start first with the visit of the site and wall of the Concentration Camp of Bolzano, one of the 4 concentration camps of Italy but the only one linked to forced labour camps. From the summer of 1944 until April 1945, about 11000 people (men, women, children) were kept prisoners here.

Continue with stop at the rail track (Die Transporte), from where 13 wagons with prisoners where shipped to the trans-alpine concentration camps of Dachau, Mathausen, Flossenbürg, Ravensbruck and Auschwitz. Continue to the City Cemetery and in the Jewish sector visit of the memorial remembering the 96 Jewish South Tyrol residents deported by the Nazi and perished in the local camp. Last stop before reaching the historical centre is the memorial for the forced labour situated next to the Virgolo Gallery, once important arms factory of ball bearings, where camp prisoners were used for labour.

Walking tour of the medieval historical centre where you will learn about the importance of Bolzano as a privileged trade centre on the Transalpine Augsburg-Venice route and the presence of a Jewish community dated back to the XIV century. During the walk your guide will point out “Stolpesteine” brass plate covering cobblestones, inscribed with the name and life dates of Bolzano Jewish residents, victims of the Nazi persecution. The tour ends in front of Cafè Mozart.