Wroclaw: Gross Rosen Concentration Camp Tour
Gross Rosen concentration camp was established during World War 2 by Germans as a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp which is located near Berlin. First prisoners arrived in Gross Rosen in August 1940 and within only few months it gained fame of being one of the hardest concentrations camps in German Third Reich. Most of prisoners worked in local granite quarry on 12 hours shifts receiving starving rations of food and nearly no medical help. It is said that among the 125,000 inmates of different nationalities (Jews, Poles and citizens of Soviet Union) who passed through this camp during its existence, the estimated number of vicitims is 40,000.
Tour itinerary:
- pick up from your hotel
- approx 1 hour drive from Wroclaw to Gross Rosen Camp
- individual sightseeing of Concentration Camp with guidebook in English or German up to 2 hours or with a live guide (depending of the availability)
- 30 minutes of watching documentary movie in English
- driving back to Wroclaw
- drop off at your hotel in Wroclaw
During individual sightseeing of Gross Rosen Concentration Camp you will see:
- exhibitions in the originally preserved barracks at the gate to the prisoner camp;
- prisoner kitchen;
- crematorium;
- exhibition in the basement of the former “Weberei” commando
- reconstruction of the prison staff;
- original prisoner barrack;
- bathhouse;
- area of granite quarry
Whole tour lasts approx 4,5 hours
Private tour is available every day and you can choose exact time of your hotel pick up
Prices:
- 750 PLN per person (1 person)
- 400 PLN per person (2 persons)
- 300 PLN per person (3 persons)
- 250 PLN per person (4 persons)
- 220 PLN per person (5 persons)
- 200 PLN per person (6 persons)
- Contact us (7 persons or more)
What is included?
- hotel pick up and drop off at chosen time
- private transportation by high quality, comfortable, air-conditioned minivan or minibus
- assistance of private professional English speaking driver during whole tour
- entrance tickets to the camp
- rental of guidebooks in English or German that help during individual sightseeing of the camp
- local fee for 30 minutes documentary movie in English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Russian, Dutch, Czech and Hebrew so you can choose any of those languages
*We can also arrange local private live guide in Gross Rosen Camp for 2 hours sightseeing tour inside the camp in English or German at additional price of 250 PLN per guide
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