Jewish Warsaw | Private Walking Tour

Step into the powerful story of Warsaw’s Jewish past. On this private walking tour, you will explore the area of the former Jewish Ghetto and follow the traces left behind, discovering moving stories of perseverance, tragedy, and memory that continue to shape the city today.

W arsaw was one of the world’s most important centers of Jewish life on the eve of the Second World War. In 1939, around 390,000 Jews lived in the city, making it the largest Jewish community in Europe and the second largest worldwide — surpassed only by New York. The Nazi occupation brought unprecedented terror and led to the near-total destruction of Jewish culture in Warsaw and throughout Poland. Yet some voices endured, carrying this painful legacy forward. This is the story we want to tell — a story that continues to resonate today. The walking tour takes place across the area of the former Warsaw Ghetto.

The programme

Steel plates marking the ghetto boundary

• • Discreet metal markers embedded in the pavement trace the former borders of the Jewish Ghetto through today’s cityscape

Original ghetto wall fragment built into a modern building

• • An authentic section of the ghetto wall preserved and integrated into a contemporary building

Monument to the wooden bridge

• • A memorial marking the site of the wooden footbridge that once linked the “Small Ghetto” with the “Large Ghetto”

Monument and story about Irena Sendlerova

• • A tribute to the Polish social worker who rescued hundreds of Jewish children by secretly smuggling them out of the ghetto

Prefabricated housing estate on the site of the Great Ghetto

• • Post-war socialist housing erected directly on the ruins of the destroyed district, wiping out the original street layout

Monument to the Heroes of the 1943 Jewish Uprising, where Chancellor Willy Brandt knelt in 1970

• • A striking memorial dedicated to the fighters of the Warsaw Jewish Uprising of 1943

Umschlagplatz | assembly point for the transports to the Treblinka extermination camp

The POLIN Jewish Museum (only from outside; end of the tour)

• • Awarded Europe’s Best Museum in 2016

Address: Aleja Jana Pawla II 18, 00-116 Warszawa (“Rondo ONZ” metro station)

Meeting point is in front of the café Green Caffe Nero, situated directly beside the “Rondo ONZ” metro station. The café is easily visible from anywhere the large roundabout

The city guide has a white umbrella!

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You may cancel your booking free of charge up to 48 hours before the activity begins.
Cancellations made between 24–48 hours prior to the start time will incur a 70% fee.
Unfortunately, cancellations made less than 24 hours before the activity start time are non-refundable.

Cancellations can be made by phone at +48 507 980 921 (mobile/SMS/WhatsApp) or via email to info@freetourwarsaw.com