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Day 5 - Prague, Czech Republic
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }Our day began with a bus ride up to the hills overlooking the beautiful city of Prague to Prague Castle, the largest castle complex in...
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Day 6 - Prague, Czech Republic
Our day in Prague was spent exploring the Jewish Quarter located just off the main Market Square because of the function of Jews in the city. As we stood in the center of the Market Square, Shalmi...
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Day 7 - Prague - Terezin
Today after breakfast we headed out on a cool, rainy day for Terezin and Lidice, accompanied by a Czech survivor, Doris Schimmerlingova Grozdanovicova who would tell us her story in Terezin, a...
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Day 8 - Svitavy - Lostice - Olomouc
This morning we said goodbye to Prague and headed east towards our next hotel stop, Olomouc. Kamila will be accompanying us throughout the rest of our time in the Czech Republic and will be leaving...
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Day 9 - Trsice, Czech Republic
Today we checked out of our hotel in Olomouc and our bus took us to the small town of Trsice, population of just under 1,000, which has become such an important and integral part of the Holocaust Study...
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Day 10 - Dabrowna Tarnowska, Poland
Our visit to Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in southern Poland of about 15,000 inhabitants, is one of our most anticipated stops on the Holocaust Study Tour. The town’s name means ‘Oak Tree Village”....
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Day 11 - Krakow, Poland
Today was a bitterly cold and windy day. It began in the Jewish Quarter, Kazmierz. Our first stop was the Stara Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter, also known as the Old Synagogue because it was built...
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Day 12 - Auschwitz-Birkenau
Early at 7:00 a.m. we grabbed breakfast bags which had been made for us by the hotel and set off for the Polish town of Oswięcim. The city was located on a major train track between East and West....
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Day 13 - Rabka Zdroj, Poland
Today we headed south to visit two cities: Rabka Zdroj and Zakopane. The weather called for rain and clouds, but we hoped the weather would cooperate with us. As we left Krakow, Yola gave us maps of...
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Day 14 - Krakow, Poland
This morning after breakfast we said goodbye to Shalmi, presented him with our individual thank you letters, took our final group picture and had a group hug.Today we spent the final day of the 2017...
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Holocaust Study Tour 2018
Follow us as we embark on the 18th Holocaust Study Tour. Look for our first blog post on April 3rd from Berlin, Germany.
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Day One - Berlin, Germany
We welcome parents of this year’s Holocaust Study Tour participants, their friends and family, HST alums, our colleagues, and anyone who just happened upon our blog and is interested in our trip, as we...
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Day Two - Berlin
The weather today was absolutely spectacular! Sunny and clear skies - temperatures into the high 60’s. Coats were not necessary today which was wonderful as we spent much of the day outside. After...
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Day Three - Berlin
Today we awoke to another wonderful spring day in Berlin - the great weather is holding! Everyone enjoyed another sumptuous breakfast and then we headed for our bus. As we began our day Olaf told...
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Day Four - Dresden, Germany
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); }This morning we loaded our suitcases onto our new bus, and met Milan, our Czech driver who was also our driver last year, and who would...
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Day Five - Prague
Our day began with Milan, our bus driver, taking us up to the hills overlooking the beautiful city of Prague to Prague Castle, the largest castle complex in Europe. We started by driving through a...
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Day Six - Prague
This morning we headed out to explore the Jewish Quarter located just off the main Market Square not far from our hotel. Mr. Barmore said that if he was taken to any city in Europe that he had never...
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Day 7 - Prague - Terezin/Theresienstadt
DAY 7 PRAGUE / THERESIENSTADT AND LIDICEToday after breakfast we headed out for the day’s sites of Terezin and Lidice. On our way out of the city, we passed a memorial with 3 paratroopers holding...
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Day 8 - Lostice-Olomouc
This morning we said goodbye to Prague and headed east towards our next hotel stop, Olomouc, about a three hour drive. Kamila will be accompanying us throughout the rest of our time in the Czech...
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Day 9 - Trsice
Today, we had another great hotel buffet breakfast and then checked out of our hotel in Olomouc. Before heading back to Trsice, we stopped at the Zakladni School near the railway station where last...
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Day 10 - Dabrowa Tarnowska
Our visit to Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in southern Poland of about 12,000 inhabitants, is one of our most anticipated stops on the Holocaust Study Tour. The town’s name means ‘Oak Tree Village”....
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Day 11 - Krakow Jewish Quarter
Our day began in the Jewish Quarter, Kazmierz. Our first stop was the Stara Synagogue in the Jewish Quarter, also known as the Old Synagogue because it was built in 1407. Inside we learned about the...
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Day 12 - Auschwitz - Birkenau
Early at 6:30 a.m. we ate breakfast in our hotel and then set out for the Polish town of Oswięcim. The city was located on a major train track between East and West. Mr. Barmore reminded us that two...
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Day 13 - Rabka and Zakopane
Once again we lucked out with the weather as today we headed south to visit two cities: Rabka Zdroj and Zakopane. It was sunny and mild as we drove through the countryside to our first stop on today’s...
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Day 14 - Krakow
Today we had a leisurely breakfast in the hotel and then headed out with our local guide, Lidia, to have a morning walking tour of the beautiful city of Krakow , learning the history of Krakow and the...
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