Secrets of the Third Reich

Secrets of the Third Reich

On this fascinating tour you will explore Lower Silesia's most important sites of World War II. Until the end of World War II this area played a crucial role in maintainig hopes for the ultimate triumph over the Allies and Soviets. The Nazi high command set up many industrial facilities and labour camps in here. Project Riese (Giant) carried out in the Owl Mointains might have been planned as arguably the largest underground armaments production centre in Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler had ordered to reconstruct the nearby Ksiaz Castle to hold his local headquarters. Finally, Gross-Rosen was the most notorious labour camp in Lower Silesia that held an overall of 120 000 prisoners from many European countries.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Krzyżowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, Krzyżowa 7, 58-112 Grodziszcze, Poland

A historic estate of Count Helmuth von Moltke, famous for the Kreisau Circle founded by German dissidents during World War II. It became a location of the post-war reconciliation between Poland and Germany

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Sztolnie Walimskie, ul. 3-go Maja, Walim 58-320 Poland

You will explore a secret undrground facility known as 'Project Riese' built by the Nazis in the Owl Mountains during WW II.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Zamek Ksiaz w Walbrzychu, ul. Piastow Slaskich 1, Walbrzych 58-306 Poland

A lunch stop at Ksiaz Castle. Viewing from the outside only.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoznica, Rogoznica Goczałków, 58-152 Poland

Detailed tour of a World War II former labour camp, now an eye-opening memorial site.

Duration: 2 hours