DAY 1:
Local departure by coach then onwards to the Noordwijkerhout area, near Amsterdam for an overnight stay.

DAY 2: The story of the Frank Family and a visit to Anne Frank’s House (included)
The Frank family went into hiding in the 'Secret Annexe' of their home on 6th July 1942 and stayed for 25 months until their betrayal on 4th August 1944. The former hiding place, where Anne Frank wrote her diary, is now a museum, recounting the history of the eight people in hiding and those who helped them during the war. Anne Frank's diary is among the original objects on display.Then we travel on to the Hannover or Hahnenklee area for the night. B

DAY 3: Bergen-Belsen and Anne Frank's Memorial (included)
Anne Frank and her sister, Margot, were taken to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where thousands were dying of hunger and sickness daily. Today, all that remains on the site is a graveyard. We pause to pay our respects, seeing the memorial dedicated to Anne Frank and her sister, who both died at Bergen-Belsen. Onward travel to Berlin for a three-night stay. B

DAY 4: Berlin and the Final Solution (included)
We spend today in and around Berlin where we visit the Wannsee Conference Centre (entrance is approximately €2 per person and is dependant on modern day conferences not taking place) where the infamous meeting took place that determined the 'Final Solution' and fate of European Jews. B

DAY 5: German Resistance and the Holocaust Memorial (included)
We spend today in and around Berlin where we visit the Wannsee Conference Centre (entrance is approximately €2 per person and is dependant on modern day conferences not taking place) where the infamous meeting took place that determined the 'Final Solution' and fate of European Jews. B

DAY 6:
We travel to Krakow for a three-night stay. B

DAY 7: The Oscar Schindler Story and Kasimirsh (included)
We visit some of the sites used by Oscar Schindler in his remarkable attempt to save the lives of his workers. Oscar Schindler spent millions to protect and save his Jews and died penniless, but he earned the everlasting gratitude of the Schindler-Jews.

DAY 8: The Auschwitz Story (included)
A site of great significance to the Holocaust, we visit Auschwitz, seen as the central point in the plan to exterminate a whole race. In June 1942, the biggest murder campaign in history began, when the Nazis began their plot to systematically destroy the entire Jewish population of Europe. The great majority of Jews deported to Auschwitz – men, women and children – were immediately sent to their deaths in the gas chambers. An extremely moving day. B

DAY 9:
We travel to Prague for an overnight stay. B

DAY 10: The Heydrich Story and Nuremburg (included)
Reinhard Heydrich was one of Hitler’s most ruthless Nazis, second in importance only to Heinrich Himmler in the SS organisation, and the principle planner of the Final Solution. We briefly cover his story as we pass through the Czech Republic. On arrival in Nuremberg, we look into the War Crimes Trials and see the court house used to administer justice to many who took part. We stay tonight in Nuremberg or Bayreuth. B

DAY 11:
Travel through the Rhine Valley to Belgium for an overnight stay. B

DAY 12:
To Calais, then return home. B

Included Meals: B=Breakfast

 

• FREE local joining points

• Travel by executive coach
• Specialist Battlefields Guide

• Visits: Anne Frank's House; Bergen-Belsen; Anne Frank's Memorial; Berlin and the Final Solution; German Resistance and the Holocaust Memorial; The Oscar Schindler Story and Kasimirsh; Auschwitz; The Heydrich Story and Nuremberg

• 11 nights' accommodation with continental breakfast

Note: Entrance fees to museums & places of interest are at extra cost

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You'll stay overnight at the 3-star NH Leeuwenhorst or similar, to the west of Amsterdam, followed by the 4-star Ramada Hotel Britannia or the 3-star Ramada Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Hahnenklee.

In Berlin, you'll stay for three nights at the 3-star H2 Berlin Alexanderplatz. The hotel has a bar with meals taken in the adjacent Ramada Hotel. All bedrooms have T.V. and telephone.

You then stay for three nights at the 3-star Holiday Inn Express Krakow, in the northern part of the city. The hotel has a restaurant, lobby, bar and lift. All bedrooms have T.V., telephone, hairdryer, air-conditioning and tea/coffee-making facilities.
In Prague you will stay at the 4-star Jury's Inn or the 3- star Ibis Mala Strana and then you'll will stay overnight at the 3-star Ramada Landhotel in Nuremberg or the 4-star Ramada Residenzschloss Hotel in Bayreuth.
Overnight stay in Belgium will be in a city-style hotel.