Normandy, Berlin and Cracow

Eleven days, three countries, four cities, and one of the darkest and most consequential chapters in modern history — that's the through-line of this tour. Your group moves east across a geography shaped by World War II and its aftermath, beginning on the beaches of Normandy, passing through the divided memory of Berlin, and arriving finally in Cracow, the city that stands closest to the sites where the Holocaust reached its most systematic horror. Few itineraries ask students to sit with history this directly, and few reward serious learners more.