Morning visit to the Museum Zwangsarbeit (forced labor) im Nationalsozialismus in Weimar, Germany. Afternoon visit to the Berga Concentration Camp / Schwalbe V facility, where Jewish-American POWs were forced to build an underground jet fuel refinery. Dinner and overnight in Weimar, Germany.

Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp walking tour, including the underground V-1 and V2 factory. Visit to the Heimkehle, a Junkers aircraft factory in a natural cave, and Ellrich (aka Mittelbau II), the largest Dora sub-camp. Overnight in Kahla, Germany.

REIMAHG sites (secret Me-262 jet fighter factory) starting at the Museum in Kahla and continuing up the Walpersberg mountain. This will be the most physically-demanding walking day of the tour, including walking up the Walpersberg to the former Me-262 runway. Overnight in Kahla, Germany.

Kamsdorf, the secret underground jet engine factory for Me-262s in an abandoned iron mine. This will be an exclusive underground tour to parts of the factory not normally open to the public, guided with flashlights and helmets. This will be a physical day, spending several hours underground. Cultural break: After the Kamsdorf tour we will visit the 13th century Leuchtenburg Castle, which overlooks the Thuringian landscape. Overnight in Kahla, Germany.

Commemoration ceremony at Ohrdruf, the first camp liberated by U.S. troops, and the Jonastal Valley, where inmates worked on a secret bunker. Afternoon tour of Merker’s salt mine, where the Reichsbank gold reserves were discovered, as portrayed in The Monuments Men. Afternoon drive back to FRA. We anticipate arriving at FRA around 7:00pm. 

Please Note: Participants are responsible for arranging their own accommodations before flying back to the U.S. in the morning and/or further travel plans departing that evening.