Already in 15th century the first Jews frequently visited Gdansk and "Jewish Lane" existed on the bank of the Motlawa. They traded in grain and timber, were engaged in the liberal professions, employed in crafts. You will also learn about this population in the Free City of Gdansk, Polish Jews and Jewish emigres from Soviet Union visiting Sopot as a popular sea resort in the mid-war period, about their emigration who passed through Gdansk on their way to the US or Palestine, about 4 Kindertransporten, two synagogues burnt down and two others demolished, houses and shops looted on the Crystal Night and the saddest episode in the Nazi Times - the Jewish getto, deportations and about those who managed to survive the war. Last but not least, you will hear about their post-war history and revival of Jewish life. You will admire the remnants of Lesser Gieldzinski collection of art and listen to the anecdotes. You will also visit one of the old cemetaries and meet the Jewish Community in the New Synagogue. http://www.ToursByLocals.com/GdanskJewishTour