Berlin

Jews were commanded to become the people who never forget. And they never did.

Share

This was one of the most incredible, professional and impactful jounreys we have ever taken. Every single student and sta member was transfomed.

Rabbi Saj Freiberg

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Fuga maiores laudantium explicabo, eionem?

Rabbi Saj Freiberg

 

Jewish settlers founded the Ashkenazi Jewish community in the Early and High Middle Ages. The community survived under Charlemagne, but suffered during the Crusades. Accusations of well poisoning during the Black Death led to mass slaughter of German Jews, and they fled in large numbers to Poland.

SAMPLE ITINERARY

  • Brandenburg Gate
    Berlin's best known landmark, which now stands as a symbol of the city's reunification

    Day 1
  • The Holocaust Memorial
    Opened in 2005, sixty years after the end of the War, Berlin’s Holocaust memorial consisting of 2,711 concrete slabs is one of the world’s largest and most powerful Holocaust memorials. Underground it houses the names of the known victims of the Holocaust.

    Day 1
  • Reichstag
    The seat of the German Parliament.

    Day 1
  • Checkpoint Charlie
    The famous crossing point between East and West Berlin during the times of Communist rule.

    Day 1
  • Dinner
    Dinner with representatives of the Jewish Community

    Day 1
  • Hildesheimer Yeshiva
    Known as the Rabbiner-Seminar zu Berlin, the Yeshiva was established in 1873 by Rabbi Dr Azriel Hildesheimer in order to train Rabbis. The Yeshiva was restablished in 2009.

    Day 1
  • Overnight
    Berlin – Crown Plaza Berlin City Centre

    Day 1
  • Gleis 17
    (Track 17) in the neighbourhood of Grunewald, was the main deportation centre for Berlin Jews during the Holocaust.

    Day 2
  • Wannsee
    The villa in which the infamous Wannsee Conference took place on 20 Month 1942. It was here that the senior Nazis brought together the Final Solution and planned the extermination of Europe’s 11 million Jew

    Day 2
  • Otto Weidt's Workshop for the Blind
    A haven for Jews during the Holocaust years in Berlin.

    Day 2
  • Topography of Terror
    Built on the ruins of the SS and Gestapo Headquarters, this exceptional museum gives an insight into the Nazi regime.

    Day 2
Scroll

Gallery