Jewish Heritage in Belgrade - Sightseeing Tour

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Tour Description

In otherwise quite complex history of Serbia there is hardly a greater discrepancy then the one in size of Belgrade Jewish community and its importance for development and flourishing of the city and the entire state. Jews have continuously lived in Belgrade since the 16th Century and have played a huge role in struggle for national liberation of Serbia, creation of Yugoslavia, flourishing of local economy and culture. Trails of Jewish civilizational influences are so strong that not even the Holocaust/Shoah, and the murder of almost 90% of Serbian Jews in the WWII could not erase them. This tour is created with mission to introduce you to very rich Jewish cultural and religious heritage in Belgrade but also to preserve memory and give respect to the victims. Our guides, professional historians versed in Jewish history, will introduce you to every aspect of Jewish history in Belgrade and help you understand the huge importance this small community had in overall progress of Serbian nation and state.

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Here are some options for this tour

OPTION - 1
Walking tour in the center of Belgrade, with visits to Jewish Historical Museum and Belgrade Synagogue (Sukat Shalom), a 2.5 hours tour mainly focused to Sephardic colony in Dorcol area and the existing objects of Jewish community. You will see the locations of first Synagogue (The Old Temple – El Kal Vijezo), Oneg Shabat elderly home, Jewish Female Society, Menorah in flames – beautiful monument dedicated to Holocaust victims by prominent sculptor Nandor Glid. Our highly versed guides will take you through the exhibition of the Jewish Historical Museum and provide you with the perspective how important and well-integrated Jewish community in Serbia has been prior to the Holocaust.

• The price for option 1 is X
• Tour duration 2,5 h

OPTION - 2
Walking tour as described above combined with the 40-60 minutes long visit to the Jewish cemetery. Jewish Cemetery in Ruzveltova Street is one of the most important historical locations in the city, preserving memory of numerous families and important individuals. Many rabbis and presidents of Jewish community are buried there, the oldest preserved tombstone is from 17th Century, and three important monuments are also part of this location: magnificent monument to the fallen Jewish patriots in 1912–1918 wars, “Broken wings”, touching and symbolic monument to the Holocaust victims and Kladovo transport monument, erected to commemorate more than a 1000 Jewish refugees from Austria and Central Europe killed in occupied Serbia by Nazi armies. The price of this tour is XX

• The price for option 2 is X
• Tour duration 3,5 h

OPTION - 3
Half-day in-depth Jewish tour consisting of already described walking tour and visit to Jewish cemetery, with the additional visit to Zemun, place where Herzl family lived for 5 generations and where Rabbi Judah Alkalai invented political Zionism. This tour also incorporates visit to the location of former Judenlager Semlin, a concentration camp where some 6700 Jewish civilians were murdered by Nazis. For this tour we always choose our best guides, historians with university and scholar degrees, versed in Jewish studies to make you company and introduce you to incredibly rich and complex Jewish history of Belgrade and Serbia. The price of this tour is XXX

• The price for option 3 is X
• Tour duration 5 h

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Every Day from 10:00 - 18:00 (da li to moze svaki dan ??? kad nerade muzeji ???????)

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Tour start and end at Republic Square. For private tour pick up is at your hotel

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Book tour through our contact form or just Email us directly or give us a call. Also via text, iMessage, WhatsApp or Viber.

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• Visits to Belgrade Synagogue, Jewish Historical Museum and Cemetery in Ruzveltova Street are possible only during the working hours and have to be announced to the Jewish Community at least a day before.
• English-speaking guide is guaranteed. Other languages are on request
• Tour is not physically challenging. Walking rout is mainly in flat terrain with lot of stops on the way.
• If you have any health issues or specific requirements please tell your guide about it
• If you have comments, questions, or special requests please contact us !