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 | Morning Summary | Afternoon Summary | Evening Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Flight to Berlin |
Transfer by S-bahn to accommodation |
Evening meal and visit Bundestag Dome |
| 2 |
Jewish Museum |
Topographie of Terror and Checkpoint Charlie |
Evening meal |
| 3 |
Story of Berlin and WW2 Memorial Church |
Holocaust Memorial |
Overnight train to Krakow |
| 4 |
Walking tour |
Schindlers Factory Museum |
Evening meal |
| 5 |
Auschwitz |
Sightseeing Rynek Glowny |
Evening meal |
| 6 |
Transfer to airport |
Return flight to UK |
Arrive back at school |
- 4 nights' half-board accommodation
- 4-berth couchettes on train transfer
- Access to the Vamoos app to download all tour-related travel documents
- Airport tax and passenger duty at current rates
- Airport transfers in resort
- Coach excursion to Auschwitz including entry and guide
- Comprehensive travel and medical insurance including I.P.T.
- Detailed information pack
- Free staff place ratio 1:10
- Overnight train transfer between Berlin and Krakow
- Return flights from UK
- 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
