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Children and an old woman are on the way to the Gas Chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau (May 1944) / Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive)

The horror which befell the Jewish population of Europe at the hands of the Nazi regime remains without parallel.

Over the decades since the world first became aware of the scale of this crime, academics, students and millions of ‘ordinary people’ have sought to understand how the systematic extermination of a race could have been conceived, planned and carried out with such ruthlessness. 

As part of this process Anglia is committed to taking students to where this crime was discussed, planned and carried out, in the hope that such visits will further their understanding.

Auschwitz and Krakow

The infamous complex of camps known as Auschwitz is generally held to be scene of the worst of these atrocities with Birkenau the very apogee of the crimes against humanity which were committed. 

A visit with Anglia to the memorial site will allow your students an opportunity to develop their understanding of this most dif?cult of subjects. 

As part of this visit we are delighted to offer groups travelling with us to Krakow the chance to meet and talk with a Holocaust Survivor or a recipient of the ‘Righteous Among the Nations’ award.

This provides a unique opportunity for them to engage with an individual who experienced the Nazi regime of Terror at first hand, something which is really not to be missed.

Berlin and Auschwitz

The roots of the Final Solution lie not in Poland but in Germany.

If one is to try and understand how the mass extermination of Europe’s Jews could ever have come about then one needs to follow the path back to where it was conceived, planned and tested. A visit with Anglia to both Berlin and Auschwitz will afford your students an opportunity to see how Nazi antisemitism became increasingly radical.

From the Bebelplatz, site of the book burning in 1933, through the villa on the shores on the Wannsee where mass extermination was planned, to Platform 17 of the Gruenewald Station where 50,000 Berlin Jews were sent to the East we will trace the road to the Holocaust.

The programme then culminates in a visit to the memorial site at Auschwitz, scene of this unrivalled crime against humanity

Specifications/topics supported by these tours

History: OCR ‘A’ > Germany 1919-1945

AQA ‘B’ > Hitler’s Foreign Policy and the Origins of WWII

Citizenship: KS3 & KS4 > Democracy and Justice

AQA Unit 1 Citizenship Studies AS & A2 > Identity, Rights and Responsibilities

Combined Tours

Whilst a visit to any one of the sites associated with the Holocaust will allow students to develop their appreciation of the subject, ANGLIA is able to offer tours which combine more than one of these sites.

If you are interested in linking visits to Krakow (Auschwitz-Birkenau & Plaszow), Lublin (Belzec & Majdanek) or Warsaw (Treblinka & Sobibor) please contact us for further details.