Warsaw Trip Overview
Discover the traces of WWII in Warsaw on this 3 hours private tour. Ride the retro minibus and find out more about the international situation on the eve of war, the invasion of Poland, the birth of local resistance, the 1943 Ghetto Uprising, the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and the arrival of the Soviet army. There is so much to see; fasten your seatbelts, and off we go!
From the remains of the street fights and two insurrections to Warsaw’s so-called ‘liberation’ by the Soviets in 1945. You’ll learn about the battles, heroes and everyday life in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation, the political situation in the region that has changed diametrically throughout coupe years of WWII and the consequences that war has brought to Poland and Europe. Find buildings that may be considered war memorials due to the bullet holes, ricochets, and lost souls, pieces of the Jewish Ghetto wall, hills of rubble, gloomy Umschlagplatz, Soviet tanks and aeroplanes.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Warsaw, Poland
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Warsaw, Central Poland, Poland
Discover the traces of WWII in Warsaw on this 3 hours private tour. Ride the retro minibus and find out more about the international situation on the eve of war, the invasion of Poland, the birth of local resistance, the 1943 Ghetto Uprising, the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and the arrival of the Soviet army. There is so much to see; fasten your seatbelts, and off we go!
From the remains of the street fights and two insurrections to Warsaw’s so-called ‘liberation’ by the Soviets in 1945. You’ll learn about the battles, heroes and everyday life in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation, the political situation in the region that has changed diametrically throughout coupe years of WWII and the consequences that war has brought to Poland and Europe. Find buildings that may be considered war memorials due to the bullet holes, ricochets, and lost souls, pieces of the Jewish Ghetto wall, hills of rubble, gloomy Umschlagplatz, Soviet tanks and aeroplanes.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Warsaw, Warsaw, Mazovia Province, Central Poland
Tour’s schedule is organised in chronological order. The first part is looking for the witnesses of the war in downtown Warsaw. The wounds are still visible – you just need to know where to look for them. The guide introduces you to the international situation in the late 1930s and the WWII outbreak in 1939. It was the time of shock caused by nazi and communist (the Soviet Union captured eastern Poland) terror and the birth of Polish resistance.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Fragment of Ghetto Wall, ul. Zlota 60, Warsaw 00-821 Poland
The crucial part of WWII history in Poland is the tragedy of Jewish citizens who were oppressed and murdered by German Nazis. Poland was home to 3 million Jews, 300 000 of them lived in Warsaw. In 1940 German Nazis created Warsaw Ghetto and squeezed half a million Jews in it.
Few fragments of the Ghetto Wall running between the properties are preserved, as well as the walls of the pre-war buildings that marked the border of the ghetto. The three best-known parts of the wall are located in the former small ghetto, although some of them are periodically not accessible: the guide takes you to one of them.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Waliców, Warszawa, Poland
The Waliców street tenement house is, as we say, the last ghost from the Ghetto since it remains as a ruin up to now. Also – there is a fragment of the Ghetto wall preserved at the same place.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Chlodna Street, ul. Chlodna, Warsaw 00-000 Poland
In 1941 Ghetto was divided into two parts by the Chłodna street, used for East-West transfer traffic. The wooden bridge was built near the intersection of Chłodna and Żelazna streets to link two parts. It reached the third floor of the buildings, which allowed the “Aryan” trams, German military transports and cars to pass beneath it, as we can see in many photographs.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Muranów, Warsaw, Poland
The next stop is the Muranów district. Again, the first impression is that it is just a regular neighbourhood filled with squared blocks of flats. But there is much more from the past to be discovered with the help of a guide.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Pomnik Bohaterow Getta, ul. Zamenhofa 11, Warsaw 00-001 Poland
The monument of the Ghetto Heroes and Polin museum are two symbolic and essential places where your guide takes you. Both are located near the spot where the first armed clash of the 1943 uprising took place. Yet, at the same time, it is the place where Polish, Jewish and German nations became reconciled through several events throughout the last 50 years.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East, Muranowska, Warsaw Poland
On September 17th 1939, two weeks after the outbreak of WWII in Europe, Poland was attacked by the Soviet Union, and the Eastern part of our country was lost forever. After the fall of the USSR, the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East was erected in honour of Poles deported to Gulags in Siberia, killed in executions and the victims of the Katyń massacres.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Warsaw Uprising Monument, plac Krasińskich, 00-263 Warszawa, Poland
Despite WWII ending in May 1945, the new global conflict started – the Cold War. Red Army became a superpower, and it is worth taking a closer look at the gear they used to win WWII and create a global fear of the new total war. The guide takes you to the outdoor exhibition of soviet tanks, aeroplanes and other vehicles. Attention: this part is available only on the 10.00 am tour; the display is closed in the evening.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego, Al. Jerozolimskie 3, Warsaw 00-495 Poland
Outdoor exhibition of Soviet war equipment (tanks, aeroplanes, vehicles) like the famous T-34 tank or Il-2 plane. Some British and German WWII gear can be found there too. This attraction is available on opening hours of Muzeum Wojska Polskiego (generally – until dusk).
Duration: 25 minutes
