Jewish Warsaw

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Basic Information
Short Description
A tour of the former, completely destroyed Warsaw Ghetto in Muranów district. We will answer questions about where Jews came from in Poland, how Warsaw became one of the largest centres of Jewish life in the world and how this Jewish world came to an end.
Total time
2h 30min
Language
English, Spanish, German, Polish (check the booking calendar for availability)
Price
„Pay what you wish” tours do not have a fixed price. It is up to you to evaluate your guide’s work and reward it. Some people give 10€, others 50€ depending on their satisfaction and abilities.
Meeting point
All Saints Church, address: Plac Grzybowski 3/5. Look for the guide with yellow umbrella.Go to map
Ending point
POLIN Museum
Additional info
♿️❗️The tour can be completed by people with reduced mobility with the assistance of a second person - there are several crossings on the route with a few steps.
Our tours run no matter the weather. High or low temperatures, rain or snow is not a reason for us to cancel our tours. We are always here for you. The only reason for cancellations are extreme weather conditions (like heavy storms…), guide's sudden sickness or no minimum number of people (5) to run the tour, but we will always let you know using the data you provided during registration for the tour.
About

Before the Second World War, Warsaw was the second-largest Jewish city in the world. The only place with a larger Jewish community was… New York! 


For centuries, Jews played an active role in the city’s life during good times and bad. In the 19th century, Jews joined other Varsovians in their struggles against occupying powers and participated in Polish uprisings. During the Interwar Period, Jewish Warsaw flourished. Hundreds of artists, actors, writers, and journalists called the city home. Its cultural life was incomparable to any other time and place in history.


Learning about the pre-war diversity and richness of Jewish Warsaw helps us understand the scale of the destruction that took place during the Holocaust. But, alongside stories of persecution and death, there are stories of the resilience and unimaginable bravery of those who fought without hope. 


The wounds and scars of the Second World War and Holocaust will never heal. But the story of Jewish Warsaw is not only the story of the past, but also the story of today: the young, diverse and energetic Jewish community that optimistically looks to the future. 


To discover all of this, just come and join us and be ready for an emotional journey through history!


During this 2,5 hour tour you will see:



  • Grzybowski Square and Próżna Street – one of very few areas in Warsaw that survived the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto

  • Nożyk Synagogue – the only surviving pre-war Warsaw synagogue

  • Waliców street – once the ghetto border

  • Chłodna Street – monument commemorating the footbridge once connecting parts of the Warsaw ghetto

  • the courts on former Leszno street – the point of contact between the ghetto and the so-called Aryan side, allowing meetings of friends and families, smuggling and escapes

  • Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews and the 1948 Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

  • and much more!


The last stop is near the POLIN Museum.


Meeting Point
All Saints Church, address: Plac Grzybowski 3/5. Look for the guide with yellow umbrella.

BOOKING RULES
Booking is obligatory. Our pay as you wish tours are designed for individual travellers and small groups. We don’t accept parties of more than 7 people on them - guides have the right to deny participation to them. If you travel in a party of 8 or more (school groups, bigger groups of friends etc.), please choose a paid option, if it's available, or book a Private Tour. Please be informed that groups larger than 7 people (even if 2 or more smaller bookings were made!) that did not make a prepaid booking will not be allowed on the tour.



Great!

Rated 5.0 out of 5
2 days ago

Very interesting and engaging about the treatment of the jews in the Masovian region in WW2. Though there is practically nothing left of the former ghetto our guide Luke was able to paint the picture due to his great story telling. A walk-and-talk history lesson. Don’t miss.

Acke

Absolutely recommended

Rated 5.0 out of 5
5 days ago

Insightful, informative and very human tour of what remains of the Ghetto and of the Jewish community heritage in Warsaw. Anna was very engaging, well prepared to answer to aok questions and with a delicate sense of humour that helped to go through such a painful topic. Grazie!

Benedetta

Very interesting and engaging tour!

Rated 5.0 out of 5
1 week ago

Our guide was Anna, and she had a very easy to follow way of explaining the history around the Jewish Warsow!

I’d highly recommend this tour!

Marina

Tour w/ Andrej

Rated 5.0 out of 5
1 week ago

Although he can seem a cold and distant man, he is funny and full of knowledge. He walked us around the Jewish quarter while explaining Warsaw history from a Jewish point of view, dropping jokes and questions in between that kept me paying attention the full tour and taking away my habit of writing notes, I almost even forgot to take pictures that was the level of his explanations.

He told us about true stories of Warsovians who put themselves in danger during the WW2 to help Jewish people; also, the singular way the ghetto wall was build and why was that way, way there’s a part of Warsaw that is built on a higher level that the rest of the city…

A recommendation, you will miss too many spots, history and stories if you don’t book it

Pola

Outstanding

Rated 5.0 out of 5
3 weeks ago

The tour by Marek (I hope I have his name right) really gave an insight into Jewish life and culture in Warsaw before the Second World War and the horrors that were inflicted by the Nazis with the Warsaw Ghetto and the concentration camps.

It was one of the most moving and revealing tours I have ever been on.

David White


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