Snocat Posted September 3, 2015 #1 Share Posted September 3, 2015 We are booked on a Viking pre Romantic Danube trip to Prague. Having a hard time getting information on the additional excursions available in Prague. Anyone with information about the Terezin excursion? Thanks- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Di Princess Posted September 3, 2015 #2 Share Posted September 3, 2015 The Viking shorex will cost more. I found this: http://www.viator.com/Prague-attractions/Terezin-Concentration-Camp-Theresienstadt/d462-a3217 $34 - Terezin Concentration Camp Day Tour Including Admission to Ghetto Museum And Magdeburg Barracks Join this 7.5-hour day tour to the former concentration camp and GESTAPO prison of Terezin, a sleepy town in the Bohemian countryside just an hour outside of Prague. Learn about Czech-Jewish history, World War II and the Holocaust. Visit the former concentration camp and GESTAPO prison of Terezin and see its monuments, memorials and museums. Learn about Czech-Jewish history, World War II and the Holocaust. Find hidden traces of Terezin's dark past and learn about present-day attitudes, Terezin's history and more. Visit the Ghetto Museum and Magdeburg Barracks and much more Enjoy a round-trip ticket from/to Prague on public transport. Meet your guide at a central location in the city, from where your tour starts and visit Terezín's monuments, memorials and museums in a 7.5-hour day tour from Prague. Find hidden traces of Terezin's dark past while learning about present-day attitudes of the site. Hear about Terezin's historical background from your guide, its times as a Habsburg Empire garrison town, the visit of the Red Cross and the story of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis and her children's paintings. Included in your tour is a round-trip ticket for public transport from Prague to Terezin and back, The Ghetto Museum and Magdeburg Barracks (admission included), The Columbarium, Jewish Prayer Room, The Crematorium, SS Camp Headquarters, GESTAPO prison cells, the seat of the Council of Elders, the Jewish dormitories and the Austrian Fortress. $48 - Terezin Concentration Camp Day Tour from Prague: Embark on an educational and historical experience at Terezin Concentration Camp on this coach tour from Prague. After being turned into a Jewish ghetto during World War II, thousands of Jewish people and other prisoners died in this Terezin camp. Your professional guide will escort you around the entire complex of the former concentration camp, and provide you with informative narration, authentic memories, anecdotes and chilling experiences from Terezin's grim history. Visit Terezin, one the largest concentration camps in the Czech Republic. Take a fully narrated tour with an expert guide. Explore the Terezin Memorial, the only institution of its kind in the Czech Republic Retrace the story of Jewish prisoners during **** rule in World War II. This special tour will transport you back to the 1940s and give you a detailed overview of life in the Terezin Concentration Camp. Terezin, initially founded in 1780 to protect Prague from attacks, was converted into a Jewish ghetto during **** occupation in World War II. Walk the grounds with your expert guide and hear chilling stories and facts about the day-to-day lives of prisoners there. Visit the Terezin Memorial, the only institution of its kind in the Czech Republic. This memorial commemorates the thousands of victims of the tyrannical **** rule, and promotes research and educational activities. Experience the tragic symbol of suffering during the Holocaust during this unique, educational and eye-opening tour. Terezín Concentration Camp (Theresienstadt) Terezín started life as a fortress town, built to protect Bohemia from Prussian attacks. But it's more familiar in the public imagination as Theresienstadt, the so-called 'Paradise Camp' used by the ****s as a transit camp during WWII. It was at the Terezín Concentration Camp that many of the victims of the Holocaust were held while they awaited the journey to Auschwitz and Treblinka. Terezín was used as a show camp by the SS to dupe foreign observers into thinking that all was well. But all was far from well. Although there were no mass exterminations, no gas chambers, prisoners were worked and punished without mercy, and many thousands died here. The camp is now a memorial to the people who suffered in it. There is a museum devoted to its history and collections of the prisoners' art works, letters, photographs and memoirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snocat Posted September 3, 2015 Author #3 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Thanks, Di Princess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel54 Posted September 3, 2015 #4 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I would look at doing stuff like that on your own if you can. Prague is a very easy place to get around. We are starting out of there on our river cruise and plan 8 days of time there before we start the cruise. Lots of activities we can get to by train, bus or river transport at a fraction of the cost that they will charge you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snocat Posted September 3, 2015 Author #5 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Normally, yes. This time I have my 81 year old MIL with us so I'm taking the "easy" route. Thanks- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel54 Posted September 4, 2015 #6 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I can understand that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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