11 or 13 days
Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Prague, extension to Munich
Trace the escape route of Checkpoint Charlie and witness the sobering vestige of Auschwitz. The gravity of this war becomes tangible as you walk through Jewish museums and cemeteries that immortalize the memory of millions. End in Prague, known for its role in the Velvet Revolution and remarkable landmarks, from the St. Vitus Cathedral to the Prague Castle.

🔹 Curated experiences: Every program is intentionally designed to feature guided learning, cultural engagement, and independent exploration experiences to drive global competency development, denoted on each itinerary with a blue diamond. Learn more about these experiences.
  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany

  • Day 2: Berlin

    Meet your Field Director at the airport

    Take a walking tour of Berlin

    With your Field Director you will see:

    • Unter den Linden, Berlin’s most elegant boulevard
    • Reichstag, an iconic landmark and home to Germany's national legislature

    Enjoy dinner in Berlin

  • Day 3: Berlin

    Take a guided tour of Berlin

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Brandenburg Gate, Germany's iconic landmark representing peace and unity 
    • Kurfürstendamm, a famous avenue that’s lined with shops, hotels, and restaurants  
    • Remains of the Berlin Wall, a physical and ideological divider now covered in political graffiti 

    Visit the Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz Memorial, a former meeting place for senior Nazi officials which is now a museum

    Stop to take a photo at Checkpoint Charlie, a station that guarded the border between East and West Germany

    Visit the Topography of Terror Museum, a history museum located on the site of buildings that served as the headquarters of the Gestapo and the SS

  • Day 4: Berlin

    🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Berlin on your own

    Visit the Jewish Museum and explore 2,000 years of German-Jewish history at this museum

    🔹 Guided learning: Gain insight into life on both sides of the Iron Curtain when you participate in an illuminating panel-led discussion

  • Day 5: Berlin • Warsaw

    Travel by train to Warsaw, Poland’s capital city which was mostly destroyed in World War II and rebuilt using photographs and paintings as reference 

    Take a walking tour of Warsaw

    With your Field Director you will see:

    • Gestapo headquarters, where insurgents were taken for questioning
    • Pawiak Prison, where anyone suspected of opposing the Nazis was sent

    Enjoy dinner in Warsaw

  • Day 6: Warsaw

    Visit the Warsaw Ghetto Monument commemorating the heroic efforts of the Jewish resistance fighters 

    Tour the Jewish Ghetto with an expert local guide, which was established in 1940 as a way to isolate the Jewish population from the rest of the city 

    Visit the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews to discover the social, religious, and political diversity of Polish Jews, highlighting events from the past to the Holocaust to today 

  • Day 7: Warsaw • Kraków

    Travel to Kraków, the only major Polish city to escape devastation during WWII 

    Take a guided tour of Kraków

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Wawel Hill and Cathedral, where Polish kings were crowned and Pope John Paul II once served as archbishop 
    • Glowny Square, passing beautiful Sukiennice Cloth Hall and the Jagiellonian University

    Visit Wawel Cathedral, where kings were crowned and Pope John Paul II once served as archbishop

    Enjoy dinner in Kraków

  • Day 8: Kraków

    🔹 Cultural engagement: Visit Auschwitz and Birkenau with an expert local guide, where upwards of 1.5 million people died; walk through its barracks that serve as a chilling reminder and observe a moment of remembrance

  • Day 9: Krakow • Prague

    Travel to Prague, former capital of the Holy Roman Empire 

  • Day 10: Prague

    🔹 Guided learning: Tour Prague with an expert local guide 

    Walk down the Golden Lane and see eleven historical buildings that mark it 

    Visit St. Vitus Cathedral, a Gothic cathedral where Czech Kings and Queens are coronated

    Tour the Jewish Quarter with an expert local guide, and learn about the impact of Nazi occupation 

    Explore the Jewish Museum

    Visit the Jewish Cemetery, one of the largest in Europe

    Visit the Spanish Synagogue, designed in a Moorish style

    Tour the Old-New Synagogue, Europe's oldest active synagogue 

    Enjoy dinner in Prague

  • Day 11: Depart for home

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  • Day 11: Prague • Nuremberg • Munich

    Travel via Nuremburg, the site of the Nazi war-crime tribunals, on your way to Munich 

    🔹 Cultural engagement: Tour Nuremberg with your Field Director and see architecture built up from the stone foundations bombed by the Allies during the war

    Enjoy a traditional Bavarian dinner in Munich

  • Day 12: Munich

    Take a guided tour of Munich

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Olympic Stadium, built for the 1972 Olympic Games
    • Residenz, the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs 
    • Marienplatz, Munich's main city square

    Take a WWII-focused walking tour of Munich

    🔹 Guided learning: With an expert local guide, visit and reflect at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, which today serves as a memorial museum and a stark reminder of the darkest chapter in this country’s long story

  • Day 13: Depart for home

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Germany

  • Day 2: Berlin

    Meet your Field Director at the airport

    Take a walking tour of Berlin

    With your Field Director you will see:

    • Unter den Linden, Berlin’s most elegant boulevard
    • Reichstag, an iconic landmark and home to Germany's national legislature

    Enjoy dinner in Berlin

  • Day 3: Berlin

    Take a guided tour of Berlin

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Brandenburg Gate, Germany's iconic landmark representing peace and unity 
    • Kurfürstendamm, a famous avenue that’s lined with shops, hotels, and restaurants  
    • Remains of the Berlin Wall, a physical and ideological divider now covered in political graffiti 

    Visit the Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz Memorial, a former meeting place for senior Nazi officials which is now a museum

    Stop to take a photo at Checkpoint Charlie, a station that guarded the border between East and West Germany

    Visit the Topography of Terror Museum, a history museum located on the site of buildings that served as the headquarters of the Gestapo and the SS

  • Day 4: Berlin

    🔹 Independent exploration: Spend a half day exploring Berlin on your own

    Visit the Jewish Museum and explore 2,000 years of German-Jewish history at this museum

    🔹 Guided learning: Gain insight into life on both sides of the Iron Curtain when you participate in an illuminating panel-led discussion

  • Day 5: Berlin • Warsaw

    Travel by train to Warsaw, Poland’s capital city which was mostly destroyed in World War II and rebuilt using photographs and paintings as reference 

    Take a walking tour of Warsaw

    With your Field Director you will see:

    • Gestapo headquarters, where insurgents were taken for questioning
    • Pawiak Prison, where anyone suspected of opposing the Nazis was sent

    Enjoy dinner in Warsaw

  • Day 6: Warsaw

    Visit the Warsaw Ghetto Monument commemorating the heroic efforts of the Jewish resistance fighters 

    Tour the Jewish Ghetto with an expert local guide, which was established in 1940 as a way to isolate the Jewish population from the rest of the city 

    Visit the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews to discover the social, religious, and political diversity of Polish Jews, highlighting events from the past to the Holocaust to today 

  • Day 7: Warsaw • Kraków

    Travel to Kraków, the only major Polish city to escape devastation during WWII 

    Take a guided tour of Kraków

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Wawel Hill and Cathedral, where Polish kings were crowned and Pope John Paul II once served as archbishop 
    • Glowny Square, passing beautiful Sukiennice Cloth Hall and the Jagiellonian University

    Visit Wawel Cathedral, where kings were crowned and Pope John Paul II once served as archbishop

    Enjoy dinner in Kraków

  • Day 8: Kraków

    🔹 Cultural engagement: Visit Auschwitz and Birkenau with an expert local guide, where upwards of 1.5 million people died; walk through its barracks that serve as a chilling reminder and observe a moment of remembrance

  • Day 9: Krakow • Prague

    Travel to Prague, former capital of the Holy Roman Empire 

  • Day 10: Prague

    🔹 Guided learning: Tour Prague with an expert local guide 

    Walk down the Golden Lane and see eleven historical buildings that mark it 

    Visit St. Vitus Cathedral, a Gothic cathedral where Czech Kings and Queens are coronated

    Tour the Jewish Quarter with an expert local guide, and learn about the impact of Nazi occupation 

    Explore the Jewish Museum

    Visit the Jewish Cemetery, one of the largest in Europe

    Visit the Spanish Synagogue, designed in a Moorish style

    Tour the Old-New Synagogue, Europe's oldest active synagogue 

    Enjoy dinner in Prague

  • Day 11: Depart for home

Add more days

  • Day 11: Prague • Nuremberg • Munich

    Travel via Nuremburg, the site of the Nazi war-crime tribunals, on your way to Munich 

    🔹 Cultural engagement: Tour Nuremberg with your Field Director and see architecture built up from the stone foundations bombed by the Allies during the war

    Enjoy a traditional Bavarian dinner in Munich

  • Day 12: Munich

    Take a guided tour of Munich

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Olympic Stadium, built for the 1972 Olympic Games
    • Residenz, the former royal palace of the Wittelsbach monarchs 
    • Marienplatz, Munich's main city square

    Take a WWII-focused walking tour of Munich

    🔹 Guided learning: With an expert local guide, visit and reflect at the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, which today serves as a memorial museum and a stark reminder of the darkest chapter in this country’s long story

  • Day 13: Depart for home


Learning outcomes on this program

Confidence • Curiosity • Global perspective • Empathy • Adaptability • Relatability • Self-Awareness


EF Global Learning Model Post-Study Abroad Learning Resources
Academic resources

With this program, you get access to our Global Learning Resources, which include:

  • Discussion questions
  • Sample assignments
  • Journal prompts
  • Webinars
  • EF's Global Competency Assessment, a pre- and post-program assessment to measure competency development
See the resources you get
EF Global Learning Model Post-Study Abroad Learning Resources
Academic resources


With this program, you get access to our Global Learning Resources, which include:

  • Discussion questions
  • Sample assignments
  • Journal prompts
  • Webinars
  • EF's Global Competency Assessment, a pre- and post-program assessment to measure competency development

See the resources you get


Your experience includes

  • Round-trip airfare

    Your price includes round-trip airfare for your whole group

  • Accommodations

    Safe, comfortable hotels with private bathrooms will be waiting for you at your destination.

  • On-tour transportation

    Land transportation

  • Regional-style meals

    Daily breakfasts and select local dinners are included in your program. Generally, we leave lunch up to you so your group has an opportunity to explore its own tastes.

  • End-to-end support

    Your team helps to secure administrative approval and academic credit, provides recruiting tools and helps establish your program's ongoing presence on campus.

  • EF Global Learning Toolkit

    To capitalize on moments for building empathy, awareness, and adaptability in a global environment, we offer a number of different tools designed to help educators facilitate student growth abroad and on campus, including academically enriched travel programs, industry engagement opportunities, global learning resources, and a Global Competencies Assessment tool.

  • Full-time Field Director

    Your Field Director is with your group 24/7, providing deep local insight while handling all program logistics.

  • Expert Local Guides

    Your expert Local Guides are natural historians, adding cultural insight and enhancing teaching moments wherever your curriculum takes you.

  • Guided sightseeing

    Gain insider knowledge and cultural perspective from licensed local guides who join your group for select experiences on tour.

  • Entrances

    Topography of Terror Museum, Jewish Museum in Berlin, House of Wannsee Conference, Warsaw Ghetto Monument, POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Auschwitz and Birkenau, Golden Lane, St. Vitus Cathedral, Jewish Museum in Prague, Jewish Cemetery, Spanish Synagogue, Old-New Synagogue; with extension: Dachau

  • Worldwide support, safety and security

    EF has over 500 schools and offices in more than 50 countries worldwide. We provide 24-hour emergency support service along with a comprehensive $50 million liability policy that covers you and your institution while abroad.

  • Flexible payment options

    Give more students the opportunity to study abroad by offering them two different payment plan options, along with our TripFunder website to help fundraise for the program.


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