The Nazis & the Holocaust School Trip to Berlin & Krakow
A history school trip to Berlin and Krakow will help to deepen your students’ understanding of the rise of the Nazis, before discovering the devastating scale of the Holocaust at Auschwitz.
Combining Berlin and Krakow will allow your students to fully comprehend how far-reaching the devastation caused by the Nazis really was. In Berlin, your students will learn more about the context in which the Nazi Party and Hitler came to power, and how their hateful rhetoric was spread.
In Krakow, you will, of course, visit Auschwitz. This will be a harrowing visit for your students, as the realities of the Holocaust dawn on them. Piles of the victims’ belongings will remind them that these were real people murdered purely because hate and prejudice was allowed to win.
Suggested Itinerary (6 days, 5 nights)
Day 1/6
Morning
Flight to Berlin
Afternoon
Transfer by S-bahn to accommodation
Evening
Evening meal and visit Bundestag Dome
Day 2/6
Morning
Jewish Museum
Afternoon
Topographie of Terror and Checkpoint Charlie
Evening
Evening meal
Day 3/6
Morning
Story of Berlin and WW2 Memorial Church
Afternoon
Holocaust Memorial
Evening
Overnight train to Krakow
Day 4/6
Morning
Walking tour
Afternoon
Schindlers Factory Museum
Evening
Evening meal
Day 5/6
Morning
Auschwitz
Afternoon
Sightseeing Rynek Glowny
Evening
Evening meal
Day 6/6
Morning
Transfer to airport
Afternoon
Return flight to UK
Evening
Arrive back at school
What's included?
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3-day U-Bahn and S-Bahn pass in Berlin
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4 nights' half-board accommodation
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4-berth couchettes on train transfer
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Access to the Vamoos app to download all tour-related travel documents
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Airport tax and passenger duty at current rates
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Airport transfers in resort
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Coach excursion to Auschwitz including entry and guide
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Comprehensive travel and medical insurance including I.P.T.
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Detailed information pack
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Free staff place ratio 1:10
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Overnight train transfer between Berlin and Krakow
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Return flights from UK
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VAT at current rates to tour operators
Curriculum Links
A-Level
- Challenges of German nationalism
- Germany: democracy and dictatorship
- Rise of Nazism
- Life under the Nazis
- Machinery of terror
- Opposition to Nazi rule
- Impact of total war on German life
- The Holocaust
- West Germany and the DDR
GCSE
- The inter-war years: 1918-1939
- Germany: democracy and dictatorship
- Rise of Nazism
- Life under the Nazis
- Machinery of terror
Key Stage 3
- The Holocaust
Educational activities and visits
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
At this site, chosen by the SS for no other reason than its convenient location at a railway junction, some… Read More
Galicia Jewish Museum
The exhibition 'Traces of Memory' is a photographic tribute to a vanished world, a powerful acknowledgement of Poland's Jewish heritage… Read More
Guided Tour of the Jewish Quarter
A guided tour of the Jewish Quarter takes in a visit to a Synagogue, the oldest Jewish cemetery, as well… Read More
Haus der Wannsee Konferenz
On January 20th, 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Reich Security, chaired a meeting of high-ranking civil servants and SS-officers… Read More
Jewish Museum Berlin
Daniel Libeskind's steel lightening bolt of a building is as much a part of this groundbreaking new museum as the… Read More
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Opened in May 2005, this controversial and long-awaited monument includes an underground exhibition on the Holocaust.The Memorial to the Murdered… Read More
Topographie of Terror
Built on the site of the former headquarters of the Reich Security Head Office - the organisation which embraced both… Read More
Cultural activities and visits
Berlin Cathedral
One of the principal buildings of the nineteenth-century Berlin, the cathedral was completed at the turn of the century and… Read More
Berliner Fernsehturm (TV Tower)
Visible from almost any point in the city, the television tower was a flagship of east German architecture. From its… Read More
Potsdamer Platz
In the years since German reunification Potsdamer Platz has made a transformation from a swathe of no man's land abutting… Read More
Accommodation
This modern hostel is well located on a quiet street near the main train station in central Berlin.Students will generally be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins. All rooms are en-suite and have modern furnishings/ TV.Hostel facilities include a roof-top bar, games room and multiple conference rooms.
Newly opened in April 2012, the Aletto Kudamm offers 3* comfort and is only a few minutes walk away from the Zoological Garden, Kurfuerstendamm, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and the famous KaDeWe.Students will generally be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins. All rooms are en-suite. Rooms are equipped with individually adjustable air-conditioning, Flatscreen TV with satellite television and radio stations, WiFi Internet access, shower-bath with WC, hairdryer and under-floor heating. Other facilities include a pool table, table football and other games. Weather permitting, there is a basketball court, 5-a-side football pitch, table tennis tables and boules area. The combination of a modern design, high quality facilities and excellent location make this an ideal hostel for school groups.
The Batory Guest Rooms are situated in the centre of Krakow, just a short walk from the city’s historical Old Town. The guest rooms offer 45 beds in total; students will be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms, with staff in twins. All guest rooms are en-suite and have a TV, radio and telephone.
You can start your day with a great breakfast, served in the Hotel Batory next door. Traditional Polish cuisine will be served in the restaurant in the evenings.
Hotel Wilga is a modern 3* hotel located close to the banks of the river Vistula, within walking distance of the Kazimierz district and Wawel Castle.The hotel offers 36 modern and comfortable rooms, all with en-suite facilities, TV and radio. The hotel also boasts its own bowling alley and games room in the basement.Other amenities include a pool table, bar, a restaurant and meeting rooms.
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The itinerary was great. Berlin is a fantastic city to visit with so much to see. Our hotel was a great base to stay in as well. It was in a central location and the rooms were very nice.— Loughborough High School
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