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28th August 2003

This page shall be helpful for visiting the Action Reinhard sites in Eastern Poland.

10 days "Action Reinhard Tour" (space between 8th July and 18th August 2004).

1st day: Travel to Cracow, overnight there. Group meeting in the hotel because some would like flying to Krakow airport.

2nd day: visiting Old Town of Krakow, Wawel Castle, former ghetto, "Umschlagplatz" etc. Overnight in Krakow hotel

3rd day: travel to Auschwitz, visiting KZ and Birkenau, back to Krakow, overnight in Krakow hotel

4th day: travel to Lublin (train), free time in the afternoon. Visiting Old Town, overnight in Lublin hotel in the Old Town
or: to Lublin by van, passing Kielce, Radom, Zwolen, Pulawy. Taking photos, 4 extra hours for the visits (1 hour per town)

5th day: visiting former Lublin ghetto, Lublin labour camps (Old Airfield, Lipowa, Gartenstrasse). Alternative: Majdanek. Overnight in Lublin hotel
People who want to visit Majdanek must rely on Majdanek guides, or without guide.

6th day: visiting Piaski transit ghetto, Trawniki and Dorohucza labour camps, back to Lublin, then to Poniatowa, back to Lublin. Perhaps no visit of Dorohucza and/or Poniatowa if there nothing remained. Overnight in Lublin hotel

7th day: travel to Wlodawa, Wlodawa museum, travel to Sobibor, visiting Sobibor death camp, travel to Krychow (?), visiting Krychow labour camp (?) (if it's worth a visit), back to Lublin, overnight in Lublin hotel

8th day: travel to Tomaszow Lubelski, visiting Izbica former transit ghetto (on route), visiting Tomaszow museum, travel to Belzec, visiting Belzec death camp, Belzec labour camp (manor house), overnight in Tomaszow Lubelski hotel

9th day: travel to Lublin, free time in the Old Town, overnight in Lublin hotel
or: to Przemysl. Former ghetto, perhaps visiting an execution site in the forest. Back to Lublin (220km)

10th day: getting up very early, travel back home.


ARC will make this tour in summer 2004.
A mini-bus / van or two will be hired. We will take care of good accommodation, van and guides (Action Reinhard experts).
Price: Will be announced later. Lunch, supper, journey there and return journey extra.
We offer good accomodations: Not too expensive but good. More details later.
Please pay attention to future informations!
All interested persons who already sent emails to us re the trip should send a message again because we changed the date!