From Amsterdam to Auschwitz
Follow Anne Frank and countless others from Amsterdam to Auschwitz
By following Anne Frank's footsteps from her time in Amsterdam, the Hiding Place, and the tragic final months of her life to Westerbork, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, we will learn not only about her short and important life, but also about thousands of other Jews, Dutch citizens, and the German perpetrators.
Visiting these places and seeing them for yourself, accompanied by photos from those years, will put everything you know about these events into a unique perspective. Since this is a private tour, you can fully personalize the experience, taking into account the distances we will have to cover.
This will be an experience you will never forget.
Before we embark on this exciting journey together, I think it would be helpful to have at least one online meeting. This will give us the opportunity to get to know each other better and discuss the route we plan to take in detail. The return trip from Kraków to Amsterdam is particularly flexible and can be arranged in various ways, depending on your preferences.
Whether you'd like to see specific sights or include certain experiences, we can fully customize the tour to your wishes. Furthermore, if you're interested in extending your adventure, we can easily add optional extra days to the itinerary. This way, we can ensure your trip is as enjoyable and memorable as possible.
Example agenda, the trip is put together in consultation
Day 1: Amsterdam
From your hotel, we'll visit Anne's house and the neighborhood where she went to school, the bookstore, and Miep Gies's house. Many stories about occupied Amsterdam will be told in this part of the city.
Next, we'll visit the Anne Frank Museum and the secret annex. In the afternoon, we can visit the Jewish Quarter or other locations in Amsterdam. You can also choose to explore the city on your own.
Day 2: Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen
We'll leave early and head to Camp Westerbork, the transit center from which almost all Dutch Jews were transported to Auschwitz and other camps. We'll have plenty of time to walk through the woods to the camp and visit this expansive facility. Afterwards, we'll go to Bergen-Belsen and tour this impressive and expansive site.
Day 3: Berlin
In the morning we drive to Berlin to visit the Holocaust Memorial and the site of the Fuhrerbunker, the building where the Wannsee Conference took place, and/or do other things we enjoy in Berlin.
Day 4: Berlin to Auschwitz
Today we have a long but easy drive to Krakow on the agenda. We should arrive around late afternoon.
Day 5: Auschwitz and Krakow
We'll take a one-hour drive through the countryside to Auschwitz, where we'll visit the main camp and Birkenau. A local guide will show us the important sites, and we'll have the opportunity to walk around the camp on our own.
In the afternoon we will be back in Krakow, where we can visit the Ghetto and Schindler's Factory and will have plenty of time to explore the city centre as well.
Day 6: Krakow to Prague
To avoid crowded Prague and break the long journey in two, I suggest a stopover in Prague on the way to Nuremberg. It's a beautiful city to visit and relax for a while.
Day 7: Prague to Nuremberg
A short drive to Nuremberg, the city that symbolizes both the rise and fall of Nazi Germany. We'll visit the rally grounds where Hitler delivered his famous speeches and the courtroom where the highest-ranking Nazis were tried after the war.
Day 8: Nuremberg - Amsterdam
It's a long drive back to Amsterdam, and along the way we'll stop in Frankfurt, Anne's birthplace, and in Aachen, where she lived for a while before moving to Amsterdam. This way, we'll truly retrace Anne's short life.