From Darkness to Light

Itinerary

Overview
Day Date Activities
1 Saturday, October 3, 2026
  • API organized airport reception and transfer to program accommodations
  • API cultural, health, and safety orientation
  • Brief neighborhood walking tour: Get familiar with the area surrounding the accommodations and learn where to find nearby essentials such as transportation, ATMs, shops, pharmacies and more.
  • API organized group welcome dinner: A celebratory welcome dinner to kick off the start of the program.
  • Overnight in Warsaw (Ibis Stare Miasto or similar)
2 Sunday, October 4, 2026
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Visit to the Jewish Cemetery of Warsaw (led by faculty)
  • Transfer via private coach from Cemetery to POLIN Museum
  • Self-guided visit to POLIN Museum
  • Overnight in Warsaw (Ibis Stare Miasto or similar)
3 Monday, October 5, 2026
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Visit the area of Warsaw Ghetto (led by faculty)
  • Transfer via private coach
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (led by faculty)
  • Overnight in Warsaw (Ibis Stare Miasto or similar)
4 Tuesday, October 6, 2026
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • API organized group transfer to Treblinka via private coach, starting at Umschlagplatz (faculty will give 30 minute presentation to students on the deportation process before departing for Treblinka)
  • Guided tour of Treblinka
  • Overnight in Bialystok or near Tykocin (Ibis Styles or similar)
5 Wednesday, October 7, 2026 
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Visit the old rural Jewish town of Tykocin (led by faculty)
  • Visit to Lupuchova: forest where the Jews of Tykocin were killed (led by faculty)
  • Depart to Lublin via private coach
  • Overnight in Lublin (Ibis Styles or similar)
6 Thursday, October 8, 2026
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Transfer to Majdanek by private coach
  • Visit to Majdanek (led by faculty)
  • API organized group transfer to Kraków via private coach
  • Free evening
  • Overnight in Krakow (Hotel Campanile or similar)
7 Friday, October 9, 2026
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Visit to the old Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz. Walk through the streets and visit some of the old synagogue. (led by faculty)
  • Walk to Podgorze, the site where the Krakow Ghetto was to learn about life in the ghetto (led by faculty)
  • Self-guided visit to Schindler’s Factory
  • Overnight in Krakow (Hotel Campanile or similar)
8 Saturday, October 10, 2026
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Depart to Auschwitz-Birkenau via private coach
  • Guided visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
  • Return to Krakow via private coach
  • Farewell dinner to conclude the program
  • Overnight in Krakow (Hotel Campanile or similar)
9 Sunday, October 11, 2026
  • Breakfast at accommodation
  • Group transfer via private coach to airport

*Itinerary subject to change.