Program Info
Centuries of Genocide: A History: Itinerary
AIFS Flight Dates
Outbound: Saturday, May 12 | Inbound: Wednesday, June 6
Saturday, May 12 |  | Optional overnight flight from us U.S. to London.* |
Sunday, May 13 | | Arrive London. Transfer to London residence.* Orientation meeting with AIFS staff. |
Monday, May 14 | | Morning class followed by a guided sightseeing tour of London. |
Tuesday, May 15 | | Morning class followed by a workshop on modern genocide with a guest speaker from a human rights organization. |
Wednesday, May 16 | | Morning class followed by a visit to the Holocaust exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. |
Thursday, May 17 | | Morning class followed by a visit to the Weiner Library of the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide. |
Friday, May 18 | | Morning class followed by a visit to the Museum of London Docklands with a focus on imperialism and the slave trade. |
Saturday, May 19 | | Free day. |
Sunday, May 20 | | Transfer from London residence to airport. Flight from London to Berlin. Transfer from airport to Berlin hotel. Guided sightseeing followed by a welcome dinner. |
Monday, May 21 | | Morning class followed by a walking tour of the Jewish sector. |
Tuesday, May 22 | | Full day excursion to the memorial at Ravensbrück, the largest German concentration camp for women. |
Wednesday, May 23 | | Morning class followed by a guided tour of the House of the Wannsee Conference. |
Thursday, May 24 | | Seminar at the German Resistance Memorial Center. Afternoon class. |
Friday, May 25 | | Transfer from Berlin to Prague with a visit to Terezin Concentration Camp and tour of the ghetto en route. Check into accommodation in Prague. |
Saturday, May 26 | | Morning class followed by a guided walking tour of Prague Old Town, and a tour of a local brewery including a tasting and group dinner. |
Sunday, May 27 | | Morning class followed by a guided walking tour of the Jewish Quarter and Jewish museum. |
Monday, May 28 | | Transfer from Prague to Kraków through the beautiful Moravia wine region with a group lunch en route. Check into accommodation in Kraków. |
Tuesday, May 29 | | Guided tour of Kazimierz where more than 70,000 Jews lived before World War II, and the Old Synagogue Museum. Afternoon trip to Auschwitz and Birkenau. |
Wednesday, May 30 | | Morning class. Afternoon visit to the 700 year old salt mine at Wieliczka, UNESCO World Heritage site, with its labyrinth of 300km of tunnels revealing chapels and underground lakes and a visitor museum. Dinner at a traditional Polish restaurant with entertainment. |
Thursday, May 31 | | Morning class followed by free time to explore Kraków. |
Friday, June 1 | | Transfer from Kraków to Warsaw. Check into accommodation in Warsaw. |
Saturday, June 2 | | Visit to the POLIN Museum of the History of the Polish Jews. |
Sunday, June 3 | | Full-day excursion from Warsaw to Treblinka Extermination Camp including a group lunch. Visit to Lazienki Palace and Botanic Gardens. |
Monday, June 4 | | Morning class followed by a tour of the Warsaw Ghetto including entrance to the Jewish Cemetery. |
Tuesday, June 5 | | Morning final review session followed by a free afternoon. Farewell group dinner. |
Wednesday, June 6 | | Program ends. Optional return flight to the U.S.* |
AIFS reserves the right to modify the itinerary.
* Included for students on the AIFS Flight Package only.
