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JEWISH HOLOCAUST ROUTE - TREBLINKA DEATH CAMP
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Jewish Holocaust route - Treblinka Death Camp
Time: 4-6 hours including driving time
Participants: 1-4 persons
For larger groups extra transportation (mini-van, bus) cost will be added - please contact for details
Price includes: guiding service, tax, car transportation, parking fees
Additional costs: Treblinka museum exhibition entrance fee (0.5 € per person)
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Treblinka, established in 1941 as a forced labour camp for Poles is located 100 km northeast of Warsaw. Within a year a second camp was built which became a symbol of the extermination of the central European Jews. Opened on July 23, 1942, as the Warsaw ghetto deportation began it resulted in total 850 thousand victims. Handled with the utmost of secrecy, surrounded by two barbed wire fences was a scene of organized revolt of Jewish prisoners in August 1943, after which was liquidated in October 1943. Today a symbolic memorial monument and 17 thousand stones mark the site of Jewish tragedy...
If you have more time a tour can be extended by a visit to Tykocin - east of the former Nazi camp at Treblinka, just before Bialystok. Once an important trade centre owned by King Zygmunt August who maintained a second royal residence at Radziwill Castle just outside the town, where the national arsenal was kept until the castle was destroyed in 1657 during the Swedish invasion. Tykocin became a typical Jewish shtetl by 1800, the population was 70% Jewish. Before WW2, the village had 5,000 inhabitants, half of them Catholics and the other half Jewish. All of the 2,500 Jewish residents of Tykocin were taken to the nearby Lupochowo forest and shot by the Nazis in the Summer of 1941. Today Tykocin looks the same as it did before WW2 - you can still see Jewish wooden houses, one of the finest Synagogues in Poland built in 1642 (now museum) and admire the perfect harmony of both Christian and Jewish architecture.
additional time needed - 2-3 hours
additional costs - 120 € (guiding service) + Tykocin Synagogue entrance fee (3 € per person)
NOTE: If you need more information before booking use the "ask the guide" link
QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TOUR
Question: I contacted you previously re a tour to Treblinka. Prior to booking this I need to know if the Warsaw Uprising Meseum is open on a Sunday. I have sent two e mails in relation to this and have not received an answer Thanks Royce
Answer: Dear Royce, Yes the Museum is open on Sunday (10.00-18.00) and admission is free on Sunday. Please not The Warsaw Uprising Musuem refers to 1944 Uprising - the second one in the city (after 1943 - Jewish Ghetto Uprising). Formally city guides are not allowed to guide inside this museum - 3 optios are possible: individual visit, visit with audioguide (English version possible - 10 PLN = ca 2.5 EUR per person) or guided tour (the musuem guide must be booked in advance - 70 PLN = ca 18 EUR per tour). Best regards, Ewa
Question: My Wife and myself will be in Warsaw late May 2010. Please advise the cost of this tour for two people Thanks Royce
Answer: Dear Sir, The cost given in my page is per tour, not per person and amounts to 236.36 EUR = appr. 320 US$. It reffers to 1-4 pax group size. For larger groups additional cost for transportation would be added (mini-bus or regular bus) Price includes: guiding service, tax, car transportation, parking fees Additional costs: Treblinka museum exhibition entrance fee (0.5 € per person) Mode of payment - cash on arrival Treblinka is over 100 km north-east of Warsaw, so return trip, would take appr. 5-6 hours (depending on the traffic), including appr. 1.5 hour in the memorial site itself. Best regards, Ewa
Question: How many hours are spent touring the camp ? Is it possible to do a tour on a saturday in january ? What is the cost in local currency (zlotty) ? Thank You
Answer: Thanks for contacting me. Treblinka is over 100 km north-east of Warsaw, so return trip, would take appr. 5-6 hours (depending on the traffic), including appr. 1 hour in the memorial site itself. It also depends on the weather - it is now snowing in Warsaw so the traffic conditions on the road may be difficult, which may result in longer journey time. Please remember the site is not a camp (i.e. like Auschwitz or Majdanek) as Treblinka was totally liquidated by October 1943. It is now a memorial (monument) in the forest + the small exhibition. The cost of the tour in Polish currency is 950 Polish Zlotys Price includes: guiding service, tax, car transportation, parking fees Additional costs: Treblinka museum exhibition entrance fee (0.5 € per person) Mode of payment - cash on arrival I am unfortunately not available on any Saturday in January, but Sunday is possible if it is convenient for you. I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Ewa
Question: I will be arriving my train to Warsaw Central Station at 8:55 AM on July 6. I need to take a 5PM flight from Warsaw airport to New York. Would you be able to pick me up at the train station. Take me to Treblinka, show me the place and get me to the airport by 3PM? If I did this as a private tour, what would you charge in US Dollars? Please email me back. Thank you!
Answer: Dear Sir, I am available to take you to Treblinka on July 6 in the morning. Treblinka is over 100 km north-east of Warsaw, so return trip, would take appr. 5-5.5 hours (depending on the traffic), but we should manage to be back in Warsaw by 3 p.m. The cost of the tour is 236.36 € = appr. 320 US$ Price includes: guiding service, tax, car transportation, parking fees Additional costs: Treblinka museum exhibition entrance fee (0.5 € per person) Mode of payment - cash on arrival Please reply at: warsaw-guide@o2.pl I look forward to hearing from you Best regards, Ewa [[moderator: contact details available after booking]]
