WARSAW RISING 1944 TOUR

Warsaw Uprising mixed tour

Time: 4-6 hours including driving time

Participants: 1-4 persons

For larger groups extra transportation (mini-van, bus) cost will be added - please contact for details

Type: walking and car tour

Price includes: guiding service, tax, parking fees

Additional costs: Optional - Museum of Warsaw Uprising entrance fee (1.1 € per person) - for larger groups entrance must be booked in advance, optional - guide in Warsaw Uprising Museum (15 € per tour - must be booked in advance) or audio-guide (1.1 € per person)

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General 'Bor' Komorowski, commander of the Polish Underground Home Army (Armia Krajowa, AK), set the beginning of the uprising in Warsaw against the German occupying forces at 'W-hour'

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ROUTE: district of Wola civilians slaughter, Old and New Towns area of fighting, Monument to Warsaw Uprising, memorial sites, sewage transportation system, Vistula river bank battle, Military cemetery, optional - Museum of Warsaw Uprising (individual visit, guided visit possible - must be booked in advance)

By 1944 with the tide of war turning, and their resources and morale seemingly in disarray, German forces had begun a strategic retreat from Warsaw. The Home Army (Poland's wartime underground movement) launched a military strike with the aim of liberating Warsaw and installing an independent government.The battle lasting 63 days had cost the lives of over 20,000 troops and some 150,000 civilians. With the uprising defeated, Hitler ordered all remaining civilians to be expelled, and surviving buildings to be numbered in their order of importance to Polish culture and systematically dynamited. The darkest chapter of Warsaw's history had been written. On the 60'th anniversary of this event (1 of August 2004) The Museum of Warsaw Uprising has been opened.