Warsaw WWII: Resistance, The Uprising & Ghetto

Explore hidden resistance points, learn about the 1944 Uprising, and finish in the former Ghetto area. See preserved wartime traces and compare them with historical photos.
Take part in a historical walking tour through key locations connected to wartime Warsaw. The tour begins at the Warsaw Uprising Monument, where you will learn about the heroic struggle of the insurgents and the tragic evacuation through the city's sewer system. Along the way, you will discover visible bullet holes and explosion scars on surviving walls—moving reminders of the brutal destruction of the capital by Nazi forces and the fierce resistance of the Polish underground.

The route then takes you through the Old Town and past the Royal Castle, serving as tragic examples of the total and ruthless destruction of the city, which was later completely rebuilt from the ashes after the war as a symbol of Polish resilience.

From there, the tour leads to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a national sanctuary commemorating the Polish Armed Forces on the Western Front who fought alongside the Allies. The monument stands beneath the surviving arcades of the former Saxon Palace, which was deliberately destroyed by the invaders.

Finally, the tour explores the history of the Warsaw Ghetto, culminating in a visit to Próżna Street—the only street that survived the destruction of the Ghetto, offering a powerful look into pre-war and wartime Jewish Warsaw.

Throughout the walk, you will view archival photographs that illustrate how the city looked during the occupation. These images allow you to compare present‑day Warsaw with its wartime appearance and help identify surviving architectural elements.

After the tour, you will receive a digital set of historical photographs of wartime Warsaw, corresponding to the locations discussed during the walk.

This experience offers a structured, source‑based overview of Warsaw's wartime tragedy, military resistance, and the broader context of WWII in the city.

För att garantera tillgänglighet, boka så snart som möjligt. Tidig bokning är värt att överväga, särskilt om du planerar resan under högsäsong som allmänna helgdagar eller helger.

Denna utflykt kan du avboka utan kostnad upp till 24 timmar före resans start. Om du avbokar efter 24 timmar eller inte dyker upp på utflykten kommer du fortfarande att debiteras hela priset för aktiviteten. Att vara sen vid upphämtning eller avresa kommer att betraktas som att inte dyka upp.