Hey Jumblr, I’m in the process of planning a heritage trip to Poland (and possibly Lithuania) and I’d love any and all advice that you might have.
Background information is that I’m a Litvak Jew, whose family originates from Suwałki in Poland, but who were educated in Kaunas and other towns in the region. I also have family connections with Grodno, but am not seeking to visit Belarus for the foreseeable future.
Separately I’ll also be revisiting Prague, and while I have a few ideas, I’d welcome any other suggestions.
Anyone have any tips or tricks? Any tours or recommended sites? Restaurants or hotels you would recommend?
In Poland I’m planning to visit Kraków, Warsaw, Wrocław, Suwałki and any other place that is significant. And if anyone has any advice on, or has ever visited Suwałki, I would greatly appreciate it.
In Lithuania I would visit Vilnius, Kaunas and any other place that is relevant.
I am definitely visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau and hope to visit the Galicia Museum and the Schindler Factory in Kraków, and in Warsaw the Polin museum as well as the Warsaw uprising museum. In Prague I’m hoping to revisit the Prague Jewish museum, and to do a tour tracing the life of Franz Kafka.
Thank you in advance, Jumblr!
Pictures related, it’s the Old Jewish graveyard and the grave of the Maharal (Z”L) from when I visited Prague in June 2024.
