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June 2012
participants usually
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Leave USA for Europe.
Destination will be
Amsterdam (Schiphol Airport)
in the
Netherlands
Arrival time on a Friday
before 08:30 am |
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1. early
morning welcome at Amsterdam airport by
Cor Suijk
2. 09:00 am Amsterdam, a truly
multicultural city, we start with a
boat cruise through the canals of Amsterdam, a town built in and on the
water. 
3.
1 pm lunch break
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4. 02.30 pm
arrival
Anne
Frank House
The
Anne Frank House in the center of Amsterdam
where you may (optional) visit the hiding place of Anne Frank and her
family. Here they were safe for a long time. This is also the place
where Anne wrote her famous diary. The permanent exhibition shows a
part of the original diary. A tour through the house is certainly a
moving experience. |
5.
5:30 pm
To country hotel Leusden for buffet dinner
Hotel Leusden - Amersfoort
Philipsstraat
18
3833 LC Leusden NL
Tel. +31 (0)33 - 4 345 345
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1. 7:30
am departure for Berlin
2.
lunch break en route
3. 2.00 pm camp Bergen-Belsen
for a guided visit
Camp Bergen-Belsen was established in 1940
by the army as a P.O.W. camp for captured French and Belgian soldiers.
The camp was handed over to the SS and became a detention place for
Jews, initially intended to exchange them for Germans held prison
abroad.
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In March 1944,
Bergen-Belsen became a
regular
concentration camp, holding thousands of prisoners including the
now-famous Anne Frank.
memorial
Bergen Belsen
4.
4:00 pm to Berlin
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Group
dinner
Golden Tulip hotel Hamburg
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1. 8.30
am guided Berlin bus
tour
2.
noon: a visit to the Wannsee Villa where
the
extermination of all Jews was decided.
In 1942
a group of 16 prominent Nazi's, 9 of them with a Ph.D.!, decided the
"Final Solution": the killing of all European Jews.
| 3. 3.00 pm to Dresden
4. 5.00
pm visit of the Cathedral and Zwinger, or outer
ward. It is actually just the free space between the inner and outer
ring of the city walls. In Dresden, the capital of Saxony, the most
splendid outer ward in the world was created for the prestigious
festivities of the European aristocracy in the early 18th century.
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5. 7.00 pm
check
in hotel and dinner
Holiday Inn Dresden
Germany
Golden Tulip
Landgrafenstrasse 4,
Berlin
+49.30.264770
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| 1. 9.00 am Schindlers'
factory prominantly
featured in the film.
On
the factory grounds is a plaque:
"The workplace over
1000
Jewish nationality persons. During second world war saved their life by
Oskar Schindler". |
Schindlers'
factory
2. 10.00
am to Czech Republic, lunch en route | 3. 7.00 pm
K+K Central hotel; dinner in local restaurant
Central K+KHybrenska
10,
Praha, Chech
Republik
+420.225022000
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1. 9.00
am to
Terezin
 Terezin for 3 hour guided visit to the
Ghetto museum with a
permanent exhibition on its history. And/or to the small fortress, the
former camp with the Jewish Cemetery with an exhibition and memorial. 
Ghetto residents were interned
here until the Nazis dispersed the ashes in an attempt to cover their
crimes.
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2. lunch 3. 2.00
pm Castle visit, city
walk along a choice of fabulous places: the Old Town
(Staré Město) with its Old Town Square and Astronomical
Clock The
Clock tower Square
The
picturesque Karls (Charles) Bridge. The New Town
(Nové město) with its busy and historic Wenceslas
Square or to the Malá Strana (Lesser Quarter).  Karlsbridge. |
4. 7.00 pm
dinner
local restaurant
and back to the hotel
Central K+K
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1. 8.00 am to Austria
2. lunch break en
route
3. 1.00
pm audio assisted visit camp Mauthausen
Camp
Mauthausen
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In
March of 1938 the "Anschluss" took place, Austria joined Germany. That
same year the Mauthausen concentration camp was established close to
the city of Linz, which was designated as the "Führer" town.
300 Inmates started the construction of the camp which reached
completion around 1942.
Most of the inmates were forced to
perform extreme hard labor in the quarry, which often led to their
physical breakdown. On May 5, 1945 Mauthausen was liberated by the U.S.
army.
Introductory video on the bus and audio assisted visit
4. 4.00 pm Alp
sightseeing & enchanting Koeningssee
| 5. 7.00 pm
Im
Lauer hotel, Salzburg
check-in and dinner
Im Lauer hotel
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1. 9.00 am
to Munich
2.
Münich city tour, including lunch
3. 1.30 pm
to Nuernberg
(Nuremberg).
The
place where Hitler stayed, Deutscher Hof hotel
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audio-assisted visit Nazi
HQ
Every September from 1933 untill 1938 the
NSDAP held its annual rallies in Nuremberg. This place was seen as the
city richest in German history.
The enormous never
finished stadium Luitpold Arena wtih seatings for more than 400.000
people.
around 150.000 soldiers above
It's now a memorial for all the
victims of war and National Socialism. |
5. 7.00 pm
Best WesternNuremberg
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1. 9.00 am
Courthouse Nuremberg trial
Nuernberg
Main Headquarter,
The Hauhaus on Marienplatz
2. 10.00
am to Amsterdam |  Courthouse Nuremberg | 3. 7.00 pm
Van der Valk airport hotel
and a la carte dinner
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Shuttle bus to airport terminal
or
maybe an extension
of
your stay in Europe, we love to help
you planning this.
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includes:
.. airco hotels with breakfast
.. dinner
.. sandwich or salad lunch
.. admission fees and tour guides
.. ground travel in private coach
.. movies, documentaries, and
much
Holocaust information
on the bus
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en route itinerary changes
possible
if all agree
.. seasoned driver and escort
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Conditions
for this tour:
Minimum participation 24
paying participants.
Groups will stay in luxury, double
occupancy, central city located
hotels with grand buffet
breakfast, a sandwich or salad at a lunch
counter and a
three course a la carte or buffet dinner.
All admisions. local
guides and gratuities included.
Full time escorted
by Cor Suijk, who will present information regarding the regions and
sites visited. He will also offer challenging opinions and numerous
anecdotes. Several video showings en route.
Two
chauffeurs will drive the comfortable,business class coach
with toilet and soft drinks bar.
Non-alcoholic drinks free at
meals.
Tipping is not expected nor accepted,
THE JOURNEY
DEALS WITH THE FOLLOWING
HOLOCAUST ISSUES:
1. The innocence of the Holocaust
victims
The most asked question
`What
did the Jews do that the Nazi´s wanted to kill them
all`
proves existence of the widespread prejudice that
innocent people would not meet a cruel fate like the Holocaust.
I
saw a pampfhlet with a picture of Madoff and the caption
“Had Hitler not been stopped, this crisis had not taken
place”
Therefore I bring our participants to the
Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This place
proves compellingly the innocence of Anne Frank and through her the
innocence of all Holocaust victims!
2. The shortcomings of
a value-free education.
The meeting in the
Wannsee Villa, Berlin, attended by 15 well-educated men, 9 of them with
a PhD, mostly family fathers and pre-Nazi aera career officials,
unanimously decided to murder all Jewish men, women and kids. This
proves the necessity of teaching, directed at character building
3. The cruelty of the Holocaust
and our hesitation to fully grasp it.
The
most convincing place to demonstrate the breathtaking brutality of
ethnic cleansing is Auschwitz-Birkenau near Krakow in Poland. From
Amsterdam to Auschwitz Anne Frank and 105.000 fellow Jews traveled, 3
days non-stop, locked up in a dark, crowded cattle car, with no food,
drinks, toilets and medical care.
The trip serves as a
pilgrimage, also in 3 days, but now in a comfortable bus with toilet
and many stops for food buffets and other personal needs, enjoying in
Amsterdam a canal trip, in Berlin a guided sight seeing tour, while
staying the nights in luxury hotel beds. It leaves those who complain
about the distance, thoroughly embarrassed when confronted with the
cruel situation of the Holocaust victims.
4. The deceipt of the
Holocaust victims
and the
compliance they are blamed for.
In
order to avoid panic the Nazi’s cynically promised that
families who were obedient would always stay together. They showed a
movie with Jews, cheerfully doing sports in Terezin. This city,
pretended to be donated by Hitler to the Jews, added to unwarranted
trust or resignation. Terezin near Prague, Czech Republis, helps
understand the way oppressors manipulate their victims and is therefore
included in our journey.
5. The orderly and
pretty looks a community
lacking democracy can have.
Cultural, romantic Salzburg
provided the world opinion with confidence that humanity would prevail.
However it happened to be the first town having a spontaneous burning
of Jewish literature
6. The intimidating
manners of an oppressor.
Hitler symbolized by
living and ruling on the top of one of the highest Mountains, the
Eagles Nest, his superiority, discouraging any opposition.
THE
INTENTION BEHIND THE JOURNEY IS TO PUT PARTICIPANTS
ON THE
ALERT FOR THEIR PERSONAL WEAKNESSES AND PREJUDICES THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE
TO AN INHUMANE WORLD AND TO HAVE THEM STAND UP IMMEDIATELY WHEN
NOTICING ANY INJUSTICE, LIKE THE TEASING AND BULLYING OF CLASSMATES OR
CO-WORKERS.
In general:
Nature
of our tours is that
of a moving classroom. En route Cor presents information on the vital
aspects
of the places visited. He also offers challenging views on human
behavior and State policies as well as many anecdotes.
Relevant
movies and documentaries are shown en route.
Participants
stay in center city luxury hotels with buffet breakfast, and an a la
carte or buffet dinner daily as well as all local guides, admissions
and gratuities included. At meals other than soft drinks will be at the
participant´s expense. Tipping is not expected nor accepted.
For
the transfer of payment by wire, your banker needs the following info:
Cornelis
Suijk, Reumontstrasse 4, 52064 Aachen, Germany,
account
54.19.38.347 with ABN-AMRO bank,
branch Maastrichterlaan,
6290
AA Vaals, the Netherlands
IBAN:
NL62ABNA0541938347 - BIC:
ABNANL2A
We
make hotel and local guide reservations in advance, therefore the
journey requires a non
refundable $250 deposit, not later than 6 weeks in advance made out to
Cornelis Suijk, and forwarded to US manager Joshua Miller, 530 Enright
Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45205. Final payment decreases by that.
I
gladly look forward to your response!
Warm
regards, Cor Suijk
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The videos shown on the bus
partly pertain to the Holocaust sites we will visit shortly before we
are visiting them. For the other part they contain information
regarding the cities we are approaching. One video concerns the life of
Miep Gies, Anne Frank's helper.
Pictures are merely a way to give an impression of what we will
actually see on the trip. Hotels in particular always give pictures of
their most beautiful rooms. |
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