Day 1-
Tuesday
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Arrival Munich
Welcome Dinner
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Day 2 -
Wednesday |
Light Lunch on famous Victuals Market
Guided visit of the Memorial for the former Concentration Camp in Dachau
In the evening possible visit of the Bavarian State Opera
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Day 3 -
Thursday |
Transfer München-Augsburg
Drive "The Romantic Road", one of the world’s most stunningly beautiful roads, to Augsburg.
Walking tour including the famous Art Noveau Synagogue
Transfer Augsburg-Rothenburg
After Light Lunch Walking tour Rothenburg and Jewish Rothenburg
The 14th century Judengasse is in one of Europe ’s finest preserved ancient Jewish quarters.
After free time for shopping Transfer Rothenburg – Heidelberg
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Day 4 -
Friday
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Guided Tour of Heidelberg and of the Heidelberg Castle
Transfer Heidelberg – Worms
Worms holds unique witnesses from the eventful history of the co-existence of Christians and Jews and today enjoys considerable charisma and great recognition in the Jewish world as “little Jerusalem”.
Guided Tour of Raschihaus
Small Walking tour of Worms
Transfer Worms – Frankfurt
Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Shabbat Dinner with members of the Community at Sohars Koscher Restaurant in JCC
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Day 5 -
Shabbat
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Frankfurt
Synagogue Service or Free time
Walking tour of the Frankfurt City Center with famous Römerberg
Guided Tour of the Jewish Museum
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Day 6 -
Sunday
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Guided Tour of Jewish and General Frankfurt
Jewish life in Frankfurt goes back to the 11th century and our city tour will include all places of historical interest as sites of Jewish life historically and today in one of Germany’s largest Jewish communities. Main sights of Frankfurt also include: the Römerstadt, Frankfurt Schirn Art Museum, the Historical Museum, the Old Opera House, the City Hall and Frankfurt’s skyscraper complex, the ‘Manhattan of Germany’ — with the tallest skyscraper in Europe, the Commerzbank by the star British architect Sir Norman Foster
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Day 7 -
Monday |
Transfer Frankfurt – Dresden
Arrival in Erfurt for Lunch break and guided city tour
Erfurt, the largest city in Thuringia, has a medieval heart that is one of the best preserved in Germany. Erfurt has in Jewish terms a very special situation with 3 synagogues: one which is used for service today, one medieval synagogue and one of the 1880ies, now used as a Cultural Center
Arrival in Dresden
Dinner at koscher restaurant "Schoschana", located in the JCC, part of the new synagogue architectural ensemble |
Day 8-
Tuesday
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Guided Tour of Dresden,
one of Europe's most beautiful and culturally rich cities. The Semper Opera, the magnificent Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche), the Zwinger are among the world's most impressive feats of architecture.
Like a phoenix Dresden rose out of the ashes and is to be enjoyed in its baroque beauty once again. Like the city itself, the Dresden Jewish community has experienced a post-wall renaissance attested to by the architecturally unique New Synagogue.
Guided visit of the old Jewish Cemetery
Guided visit of Dresden Synagogue
Enjoy an evening in famous Semper opera
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Day 9 -
Wednesday |
Transfer to Berlin
Guided city tour by bus and walking of the more historical and the eastern parts of the city including general and Jewish Berlin with visiting places of remembrance of the Shoah. A brief visit of the New Synagogue is included in this tour. Guided visit of the new Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
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Day 10 -
Thursday |
Guided bus tour of the western and more modern parts of Berlin including visits of some relevant memorials of the Shoah.
Lunch at the restaurant of the Jewish Museum.
Guided visit of the Jewish Museum
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Day 11 -
Friday
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Day trip Potsdam and Wannsee
Guided visit of the exhibit in the House of the Wannsee Conference ("Wannsee Conference" was concerned with the organisation and implementation of "The Final Solution")
Guided visit of the Liebermann Villa (option for snacks)
Guided bus tour of the historical city of Potsdam
Shabbat service in Pestalozzi St. Synagogue, famous for its organ and mixed choir and for continuing the tradition of German-Jewish liturgy by Louis Lewandowski.
Kabbalat Shabbat Dinner in koscher restaurant in JCC
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Day 12 -
Shabbat
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Guided Visit on Museum’s Island like for example the Pergamon Museum, the Egyptian Museum, Old National Gallery
Lunch Break in the restaurant on top of the Reichstag
Boat tour on river Spree
Farewell Dinner
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