World War II Tour

World War II Tour

Did you ever wonder why Prague was not heavily bombed such as the other European cities? Together with your local guide you’ll uncover the hidden details in the streets and you will learn about heroic deeds and tragic losses of the Czech nation, reveal the disturbing past of the Czech capital during WW2!

At first you will learn how Czechoslovakia Republic was established in 1918. We will stroll the streets of the Old Town, passing houses which struggled during the Prague Uprising in May 1945, some of them badly destroyed. We'll visit the Jewish Quarter and we go inside former Jewish primary school which operated till 1942. We'll stop by the memorial of Jewish victims of Nazi terror, many of them experienced the cruelty inside the concentration camp Theresienstadt Ghetto.

Finally, you will take a tram to see a crypt where the Czech resistance was hiding after the assassination of the second most important Nazi Reinhard Heydrich.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Republic Square (Namesti Republiky), Namesti Republiky, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

Find out about the recent recent history of Czechoslovakia.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Old Town Square, Staromestske Namesti, Prague 110 00 Czech Republic

See remains of the building after the bombing by Nazis

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror, Resslova 307/9a, Prague 120 00 Czech Republic

Visit a crypt under the Church of Sts Constant and Method, which served as a hiding place of the assassins of a top Nazi Reinhard Heydrich.

Duration: 30 minutes