Event & Schedule

Arrival in Warsaw

Arrival on 13, 14, or 15 August. Recommended hotel Hampton by Hilton (www.hiltonhotels.com/pl_PL/polska/hampton-by-hilton-warsaw-city-centre/

14 August

Optional Program: Sightseeing walk (free of charge) through the Old Town of Warsaw;
in the afternoon (4pm) there is a free live Chopin piano concert.

15 August

Optional Program: Visit the famous POLIN, the Museum of the History of Jews in Poland, a real must see. Beforehand a walk through the historical sites of the Ghetto Uprising.
(attention: this day is a holiday in Poland).

16 August

09:00
A bus transfer from Warsaw, hotel Hampton by Hilton, to Belchatow will be organized

11:00
Arrival and check-in at the Santin hotel (www.hotelsantin.pl), the recommended accommodation. Time for lunch and a walk around the streets of the old town

14:00
Reception at the Regional Museum, welcoming by the Director of the Museum, Marek Tokarek, visiting the Museums Judaica exhibition and exhibit on the towns history

15:00
Round trip by bus to Zelow, Szczercow, and Widawa with some stops.- Duration approximately three hours (optional)

19:00
Welcome dinner at the Santin hotel, welcoming by the Mayor, Mariola Czechowska, information about the upcoming events

17 August

9:00
Bus trip to the former extermination camp Chelmno n. Nerem

13:00
Lunch at a restaurant in nearby Kolo, later transfer to Santin hotel, Belchatow

18:00
Dinner. Family stories of Belchatowers

18 August

10:00
Meeting at the Commemoration Plaque (Narutowicza Square, across from the former synagogue), laying of flowers and speeches by the Mayor, Mariola Czechowska, and the President of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, Avi Rosental

12:00
Jewish Cemetery Belchatow in Lipowa Street. Kaddish prayer with the Rabbi of the Lodz Jewish Community. Information about the renovation and the lapidarium project

14:00
Farewell lunch and book presentation of Cud, że przeżyliśmy by Andrzej Selerowicz

17:00-19:00
Concert of Jewish Music in Narutowicza Square

19:00
Meeting in Narutowicza Square where the citizens of the town will read out the names of murdered children of Belchatow, and where we will together light candles to honor the memory of the 5,000 Belchatowers

20:00
Dinner (optional). Evening free

19 August

09:00
Check-out. Departure to Lodz by bus. Guided tour of the Radegast Museum and Jewish Lodz.

12:00
Lunch and transfer to Warsaw (1.5 hours). Farewell or continuation of individual programs

We reserve the right to make changes to the program