BVisit Auschwitz-Birkenau on a private remembrance journey with Dutch historical researcher and storyteller Martin van Elmpt of Tour Guides for You.
Together we explore the history of Auschwitz as concentration camp, forced-labour complex and centre of mass murder, while following the stories of individual prisoners and victims. The visit places what you see within the wider history of Nazi persecution, deportation and the Holocaust across Europe.
This is more than transportation to the memorial. Before, during and after the visit, I provide historical context, answer questions and help connect the places, documents and personal stories into a wider understanding of what happened here.
The journey is private and adapted to your interests and level of knowledge. If you have a family connection, specific prisoner or personal story, tell me in advance: where possible, I can include relevant research and context.
It’s your journey—the idea behind Tour Guides for You.
We will visit the Anne Frank House, and also the neighbourhood where she grew up in Amsterdam and where many stories will be told
We will do an extensive tour of Amsterdam, related to WW2 places and events, such as the German District and of course the Jewish Quarter, including the Holocaust museum and the Synagogue
We will first visit Camp Westerbork on the border with Germany. This was a transit where all Jews from the Netherlands, including the Frank family, where taken and from where they were put on transport to the East.
There is not much left of this camp where people were kept under the most horrendous circumstances. Anne and Margot Frank died here, among the thousands of others. It is a beautiful, but haunting, site to visit, and a very impressive experience.
After a 3 hour drive we arrive in Berlin where we have plenty of time to visit the WW2 sites, such as the place of the fuhrer bunker and the SS headquarters, while also enjoying the city and its nightlife.
This day we will drive all the way to Auschwitz in Poland.
Today we will spend our entire time visiting the massive sites of the Auschwitz concentration camp. We will start at the main camp, with its "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate and in the afternoon visit the Birkenau gas and work camp, where the Jews, including Anne frank, arrived for selection. Most of the camps are in their original state, and visiting these places of horror is a life changing experience.
We will spend the evening in the beautiful old town of Krakow
In the morning we will visit the Jewish ghetto in Krakow and the nearby factory of Oscar Schindler, made famous by the film Schindler's list. We will see some of the places used in the film, as well as many of the original sites of the ghetto.
From Krakow we will make our way to Prague where we should arrive in the early evening
There will be time in the morning to explore the stunning city of Prague on your own before we head to Nuremberg
Nuremberg was the site of many Nazi rallies before the war, and of the famous Nuremberg trials after the war. After a 3 hour drive from Prague we will visit those sites
It is a long drive back to Amsterdam but if time allows we will stop in Frankfurt and visit the birthplace of Anne frank, ultimately completing the tour of her short but important life.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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