JEWISH WARSAW AND GHETTO WALKING TOUR - DAILY CITY TOURS

We will start our day with authentic, Israeli breakfast in the heart of Warsaw. Berek is probably the best Israeli restaurant in the city, succesfully reproducing the original flavors of Tel Aviv culinary culture. They serve authentic shakshuka (green shakshuka is our favorite!) with freshly baked homemade pita. They prepare their own humus and use only seasonal vegetables. There are lots of options also for vegetarian and vege folks. Be Te`Avon! Smacznego! Bon Apetit!
After breakfast, our walk will start in a place of Jewish life – before the war and today. The guide will bring alive the time when Warsaw was home for the largest Jewish community in the world after New York and a world center of yiddish culture. When chassids lived together with socialists, Esperanto was created and Isaac Bashevis Singer, future Nobel Prize winner, wrote his first novels.
Next, you will learn the story of the Warsaw ghetto, where half a milion Jews were imprisoned. It`s a powerful story of starvation and death, but also of a thriving culture, fashion and love. You will be walking through the fighting area of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 – the very first act of armed resistance against the Nazis in occupied Europe – to the former deportation point, where railcars went off to death camps.
Before the end, you will have a chance to talk to a member of the Warsaw Jewish community to learn about Jewish life today - what is going on here, what does it mean to be a Jew in Poland after Holocaust, is there anti-semitism?
On the tour you will see i.e.:
• Prozna, the only surviving Jewish street
• the Nozyk Synagogue
• the house of the Jewish commune
• remnants of the ghetto wall
• Jewish children`s hospital
• Chlodna footbridge memorial
• Muranow, the housing project built on the rubble of the ghetto
• Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes
• Miła 18 – memorial of the headquarters of the Jewish resistance
• Umschlagplatz monument at the former deportation point
• Architecture of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews
The tour is led by one of our professional tour guides. We are a circle of friends, very approachable and friendly. We always provide a personal touch and experience too! The guide will bring history and people alive by using photo materials and quotes. You will go off the main routes, to look for the remnants of the Jewish world in shady courtyards and quiet neighborhoods. We will show you Warsaw from a very different perspective. We look forward to seeing you on the walk!
The tour finishes at 1:30 pm at the Polin Museum. It was awarded the European Museum of the Year in 2016. The guide will explain its breathtaking architecture. You can stay there for lunch, they have a very good restaurant and cafeteria. After the lunch, you can join our guided Tour of the Polin Museum at 3 pm.