Pupils from Ullswater Community College, Penrith, travelled to Warsaw to participate in the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, and to learn more about the battle’s significance within Polish history as well as the broader history of the Second World War. The trip also gave the group the opportunity to explore the Jewish experience of the conflict from the perspective of Warsaw and its central place in the events of the Holocaust.
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Warsaw Itinerary
Warsaw Itinerary
Below is the itinerary that was followed by pupils on their five-day visit.
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Warsaw Uprising Itinerary
Day 1
- Travel from UK to Warsaw, Poland
Day 2
- A walking tour of the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, the Bunker Monument and the Umschlagplatz Monument.
- A visit to the Jewish cemetery at Powązki
- A visit to Pawiak Prison Museum
- A visit into town for the March of the Skauts and Youth from Plac Bankowy to Plac Powstancow (on the way, a homage paid to the fallen soldiers in the front of the Tomb of Unknown Warrior).
- Lighting of the Symbolic Torch of Memory by Scouts at Plac Powstanców Warszawy Square and a concert dedicated to the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising.
Day 3
- The official opening of the Warsaw Uprising Museum and an open-air mass in the park nearby the Museum
- A visit to the Historical Museum of Warsaw
- A walking tour of the main sites on Krakowskie Przedmiescie including the exterior of the Radziwill Palace
- A visit to the Warsaw Uprising Monument, Plac Kransinskich for a solemn military homage (so called ‘a fallen heads caunt’) paid to deceased fighters
Day 4
- A walking tour of the Old Town for some shopping and free time
- A visit to Pilsudskiego Square for the exchange of guards at the Tomb of Unknown Soldier and laying of wreaths.
- A walking tour including a visit to the Monument of The Little Insurgent and the Warsaw Uprising Memorial.
- A visit to the Gloria Victis memorial at Powązki Army Cemetery
- The official concert closing celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, Plac Powstancow Warszawy (Square of the Fighters of the Warsaw Uprising)
Day 5
- A visit to the Palace of Culture
- Return travel from Poland to UK
Places to visit in Warsaw
If you are planning a visit to learn about the history of the Warsaw Uprising, visit the following websites for further information:
http://www.explorewarsaw.com/
http://www.warsawvoice.pl/
Disclaimer:
All the sites listed are checked regularly. However, the changing nature of the Internet means that some sites may alter after we have visited them. Their Past Your Future is not responsible for the content of external websites.
Historical Museum of Warsaw
Address: Rynek Starego Miasta 28/42
Tel: (00 48 22) 635 16 25
Web: www.um.warszawa.pl/muzeum_historyczne/en/
The Old Warsaw Museum came to existence in 1936. During World War II the Museum was completely destroyed during insurrection fighting in Warsaw Uprising in 1944. After the liberation of Poland, the Museum of Warsaw was created and established in eleven tenement houses in the Old Town Market Square and Nowomiejska Street.
Jewish Cemetery at Powązki
Address: Ul. Okopowa Warsaw
Tel: (00 48 22) 838 2622
Web: http://www.fact-index.com/p/po/powazki_cemetery.html
Powązki Cemetery is the oldest and most famous cemetery in Warsaw. It has a very large military section for the graves of those who fought and died for their country in the past 200 years including the 1944 uprising against the Nazis during World War II, the Battle of Warsaw and the September Campaign.
Krakowskie Przedmiecie
Web: http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2788268-krakowskie_przedmiescie_warsaw-i
Krakowskie Przedmiecie (the Krakow suburb) runs south from Castle Square and forms the first part of the 4km Royal Way that leads from the Royal Castle to Lazienki Palace, the royal summer residence. There are many 17th and 18th century residences and burgher houses, churches, palaces and monuments.
Monument to the Ghetto Heroes
Address: ul. Zamenhofa
Web: http://warsawghetto.epixtech.co.uk/PomnikBG.htm
Monument to the Ghetto Heroes was unveiled on 19th April 1948, the 5th anniversary of the Ghetto Uprising. The front of the monument shows ghetto fighters, mostly young people breaking away from the burning ghetto.
Monument to The Little Insurgent
Address: ul. Podwale just outside the Old Town wall Warsaw
Web: http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2788635-the_little_insurgent_warsaw-i
The Monument of the Little Insurgent commemorates the hundreds of children who were killed during the Uprising. The monument depicts Antek Rozpylacz - a boy-soldier killed nearby. The boy soldier represents the many children who gave their lives fighting for the liberation of the city.
Palace of Culture
Address: pl. Defilad 1
Tel: 656 60 00
Web: www.pkin.pl
The Warsaw Palace of Culture and Science (Pałac Kultury i Nauki) was a controversial gift from the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to the people of Warsaw in Poland. It is a huge concrete neo-gothic block adjacent to Warsaw Central Station. Initially the building was called 'Stalin's Palace' (Pałac imienia Stalina) until it was renamed in the late 1950s. It currently serves as an exhibition centre and as an office park. The terrace on the 35th floor is a well-known tourist attraction and gives an excellent view of the city.
Pawiak Prison Museum
Address: ul. Dzielna 24/26, Warsaw
Tel: (00 48 22) 831 13 17
Pawiak Prison Museum was opened in 1965 and is located in the restored basement remains of the former Tsarist prison (built 1935). It was co-opted for use more recently as an infamous Nazi prison between 1939-1945. Pawiak Prison saw 100,000 Poles imprisoned or executed. It was razed to ground by the German forces along with the rest of Warsaw in 1944.
Radziwill Palace
Address: Krakowskie Przedmiescie 46/48
Web: http://www.sarnow.com/poland/TOURISM/warsaw7.htm
Radziwill Palace is a Neo-classical building dating back to the seventeenth century. It is the present seat of the Polish Cabinet. In front of Radziwill Palace is the statue of Prince Jozef Poniatowski, nephew of the last king of Poland and Napoleon's marshal, who died in the battle of Leipzig in 1813.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Web: http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2788681-tomb_of_the_unknown_soldier_warsaw-i
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in Marshall Jozef Pilsudski Square. It is the only surviving part of the destroyed Saxon Palace that was constructed during the 17th century. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier commemorates the heroism of the Polish soldiers who fought for their freedom and ours. It is a symbol of the endurance of the Polish nation.
Umschlagplatz Monument
Address: ul. Stawki (E-1), close to the intersection with ul. Dzika
Web: www.scrapbookpages.com/Poland/WarsawGhetto/WarsawGhetto01.html
Umschlagplatz Monument marks the spot where around 300,000 Jews were loaded on cattle wagons bound for Treblinka. The memorial is designed as an area for teaching or contemplation.
Warsaw Uprising Monument
Address: Plac Kransinskich
Web: http://www.welcometo.home.pl/august_2001/monument.html
The Warsaw uprising monument was unveiled on Krasinski Square, a site of fierce fighting, on August 1, 1989. It consists of two groups of sculptures, a commemorative wall and an insurgent centre. A commemorative plaque marks the original entrance to the canal.
Warsaw Uprising Museum
Address: ul. Przyokopowa 28
Tel: (00 48 22) 626 95 06
Web: www.1944.pl
The Warsaw Uprising Museum opened on 1 August 2004, the sixtieth anniversary of the Uprising outbreak. The Museum provides a broad historical background of the events of August and September 1944. It is hoped the Museum will become a meeting place of the youth who fought for their ideas in 1944 with the young people of today.
