Szczecin World War 2 Tour

Before World War 2, Szczecin (Stettin) was strategically one of the most important cities in German Third Reich. It was an industrial centre of the country with numerous factories, shipyard and port. In 1943-1945 Szczecin became a target of over 20 bombing raids carried out by Allied forces, mainly by British RAF and American USAAF. Local witnesses of those events, compared the destruction caused by the raids to biblical apocalypse with firestorms with impossible to estimate number of victims, mainly civilians including women and children. We recommend our unique version of a city tour dedicated to those events which includes visit inside the real, German, civil air raid shelter – one of the largest of this kind in Europe.

We offer private World War 2 tours of Szczecin on request.

Tour itinerary:

1. hotel pick up at chosen time
2. short drive from your hotel to the former anti-aircraft shelter in Szczecin
3. up to 1 hour of visiting the shelter inside with assistance of our private city guide in chosen language and local sound frame during which you will:

• see numerous exhibitions presenting the history of Szczecin during World War 2, destruction of the city due to air raids, organisation of life inside the bunker, takeover of Szczecin and eastern lands of Germany by People’s Republic of Poland and many other themes
• sightsee large network of underground tunnels
• hear the original sound of anti-aircraft alarm
• discover underground installations and rooms of different kind
• admire huge number of exhibits gathered in the museum

4. short drive from the anti-aircraft shelter to the Central Cemetery in Szczecin – largest one in Poland and one of the largest in the world
5. up to 1 hour of private guided walk around the most interesting parts of the cemetery during which you will:

• learn a lot from our guide about the history of World War 2 and about warfare in the area of Szczecin
• see many historical monuments, chapels and main gate building
• see monument to the victims of Katyn – commemorating thousands of Polish officers murdered during World War 2 in 1940 by Russian Soviet administration, soon after invasion on Poland started on 17th September 1939
• walk along avenues of special war quarters in the cemetery

6. short drive back from the Central Cemetery to your hotel
7. hotel drop off after the tour

Whole tour lasts approximately 2,5 hours

Prices:

• 500 PLN per person (1 person)
• 270 PLN per person (2 persons)
• 190 PLN per person (3 persons)
• 180 PLN per person (4 persons)
• 150 PLN per person (5 persons)
• 130 PLN per person (6 persons)
• Contact us (7 persons or more)

What is included?:

• hotel pick up at chosen time and hotel drop off,
• comfortable, air-conditioned, private transportation
• professional private city guide service in chosen language during whole tour
• entrance tickets to the anti-aircraft shelter
• entrance tickets to the Central Cemetery

This private tour is available in following languages:

English, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Russian and others

*some languages may be subject of availability and prices can vary