Highlights

• Trip is led by Scholar Dr. Sonat Hart, Professor of History at Baltimore Hebrew
• University and recipient of a fellowship from Berlin’s Humbolt University
  
• Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue: Dr. Chana Schuetz
  
• Villa of Wannsee
  
• Pergamon Museum
  
• Holocaust Memorial
  
• Jewish Museum
  
• Mitte
  
• Baroyshehoff district
  
• AND MUCH MORE!!

Tour includes:

• Roundtrip airfare Baltimore/Berlin or Newark/Berlin via Continental Airlines
  
• Roundtrip group transfers to/from hotels
  
• 6 nights hotel accommodations at world renown hotels
  
• Daily breakfast buffet at hotels
  
• 6 lunches at local restaurants
  
• 6 Days of exciting touring as per itinerary with English Speaking Guide
  
• Welcome Dinner, Shabbat Dinner, Farewell Shabbat Lunch
  
• Gratuities to driver & guide

Not included:

• Travel Insurance & expenses of personal nature
  
• Optional Cultural Performances
  
• Taxes & Fuel Surcharges ($207 from Newark, $221.00 from Baltimore) subject to change upon ticketing
  
• Optional Dresden Extension ($806.00 Land Only, $100 return air)

Rates

• Per Person Based on Double Occupancy: $3477.00
  
• Land Only: $2900.00
  
• Airport taxes per person: $207 from Newark, $221 from Baltimore subject to change upon ticketing
  
• Single room supplement: $695.00

Suggested Itinerary prepared especially for the Baltimore Hebrew University

Led by Baltimore Hebrew University President, Dr. Rela Mintz Geffen
and Dr. Sonat Hart, Professor of History at Baltimore Hebrew University

Took place October 29-November 5, 2006

Monday

Berlin

We will arrive in Germany via Lufthansa flight #170 at 7:40am.

Luggage will be sent to the hotel as we proceed to Berlin East and West Overview including Unter den Linden, Gendermarket, Friedrichstrasse, Check Point Charlie, Walls of Berlin and Potsdamer Platz.

Afterwards, we will have lunch and then proceed to the hotel for check in. Balance of the afternoon is at leisure.

In the evening enjoy a Welcome Dinner at local restaurant.

Overnight: Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Berlin

Tuesday

Berlin

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before starting our day of touring.

We will depart the hotel to take a stroll around Mitte and then enjoy a walk along Hamburger Strasse to view Residential Monument and Mendelssohn’s Grave.

Afterwards, we will stop and visit Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue where will meet Dr. Chana Schuetz.

We will then have lunch at a nearby restaurant followed by a visit to the Baroyshehoff district to view street signs monument replicating the Nuremberg Laws.

In late afternoon we will return to the hotel. Evening: Optional Cultural Performance and dinner on own.

Overnight: Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Berlin

Wednesday

Berlin

After breakfast, depart for Wannsee to visit House of Wannsee Conference where we will tour the Exhibit Halls, "The Wannsee Conference and the Genocide of the European Jews." Here we will also listen to an interesting briefing by Dr. Norbert Kampe, Director, in the Historical Conference Room.

Afterwards we will have lunch at a local restaurant. We will then stop and visit Schloss Cecilienhoff, famous for the Potsdam Conference.

Time permitting; we will visit the Sansui Palace. In late afternoon, we will return to our hotel.

Evening at leisure and dinner on own.

Overnight: Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Berlin

Thursday

Berlin

After breakfast, we will depart for the Jewish Museum. Here we will visit The Garden, The Tower, Kadishman Monument and Exhibit Hall.

After lunch, we will visit the Holocaust Memorial designed by Peter Eisenman and inaugurated in May 2005 near the Brandenburg Gate.

End the day with a visit to the renowned Pergamon Museum.

Late in the afternoon, we will return to our hotel for the evening at leisure and dinner on our own.

Overnight: Hotel Adlon Kempinski, Berlin

Friday

Berlin

After breakfast, our luggage will be transferred to the Bristol Kempinsky Hotel as we journey to Potsdamer Platz and the Reichstag building.

We will enjoy lunch at a nearby restaurant and then visit the Grunewald Jewish neighborhood and the Train Track Monument.

Afterwards, we will return to the hotel to relax and freshen up.

Evening: Services at the synagogue followed by Shabbat Dinner at Gabriel’s Restaurant at the JCC.

Overnight: Kempinski Hotel Bristol, Berlin

Saturday

Berlin

After breakfast at the hotel, you have the option to attend services at the Synagogue or spend the time at leisure.

In the afternoon, we will have our farewell lunch at the Gabriel Restaurant at the JCC.

Balance of your day is at leisure.

Overnight: Kempinski Hotel Bristol, Berlin

Sunday

After breakfast we will transfer to Berlin for our return flight back to the US.

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