Hello Marta
 
It was lovely to meet you in person on Sunday before our tour to Terezin.  I wanted to write to let you and Sylvie Wittmann know how much my mother and I enjoyed both our tours during our visit to Prague.  On both tours, Bara Haskovcova was our guide.  She is so knowledgeable, and we learned so much from her.  Both tours were memorable and enhanced by Barbora's personal connection to the subject.  We greatly appreciated her sharing her family's history with us.  Wittmann Tours is lucky to have someone of her caliber and knowledge leading tours; she is an excellent ambassador for your company.
 
Ellen B.

October 20, 2007

Hi Sylvie,

            We have just returned from our trip this afternoon.  We had a really interesting time in Budapest with one of Eva’s guides by the name of Alex who showed us around and provided us with a lot of information about things we didn’t really know about before.  Our whole experience, starting with our time with you in Prague was so wonderful and meaningful that we will never forget it.  Thank you for your insight, knowledge and sincerity in the important work that you do.

Best wishes from Stan, Lisa and myself,

Ruth S.

You probably don't remember us, but Carol and I  met you two weeks ago on our tour of Terezin(in the synagogue) and in one of the synagogues in Prague.  I am writing to tell you 2 things:

first, Bela was probably the best guide we have had any place.  Not only is she articulate, but she is extremely knowledgeable and just great to be with;

and second, I am one of the hiring partners of an international law firm(Latham&Watkins) and although we don't have any offices in the Czech Republic, if she is interested in an international firm, I'd be more than happy to help her obtain a position with one. Please let her know and if she wants, she can contact me directly.  By the way although you weren't our guide, just from the little we overheard of your discussions with your guests, we were disappointed that we didn't get to spend time with you.  There is always the next time.  Take care.

Richard L. C.

October 1, 2007  

We would like to thank Wittman Tours and Martina for our day trip to Auschwitz in September. It was an unforgettably moving, stunning experience. Martina was passionate, patient and brilliant as our guide.

Thank you,
Rob and Judie P. (Texas)

Hi Sylvie,

My wife, daughter and I had the pleasure of spending the day with  Barbara on a tour of Theresenstat on Aug 17. She was incredible. ...... I was so impressed with her, it is my pleasure to aid her education on the holocaust in this small way.

Sincerely, Michael F.

Dear Sylvie,

First I want again express our thanks for a most wonderful tour. We thoroughly appreciate your knowledge, Prague's Jewish history, and the Quarter itself, with its most wonderful Synagogues. Sylvie, you taught us many things. One had to do with the actual historical significance of Hanuka. The thing is, I forgot what you said about Hanuka. Could you please, by return e-mail, repeat what you said about the true origin of this holiday? Or, at least, tell us where we can look up this information? TIA, as they say: Thanks in Advance. And we wish you a most healthy, happy, and lucky New Year.

David

Dear Jitka Davidova,

I took the Wittman tour of the Jewish Quarter in Prague and I just wished to say how much it enriched my trip. If I had not visited the Jewish Museum and the Quarter, I would have missed learning about a crucialelement of Prague's history and culture. And if I had not taken the tour, I would have learned less and seen less. I especially want to praise the guide for the tour I was on. Her name was Barbora Hurshakova? (I probably have the last name wrong, but she was definitely named Barbora). She was knowledgeable and passionate in her interest in Jewish history and culture. And she was also very articulate and able to communicate her knowledge and passion brilliantly. I am a lecturer in English history myself and I precict that Barbora has a brilliant future as a teacher or a curator if her interests lead her in those directions. Anyway, I hope that you will pass my thanks on to Barbora for adding so much to my trip and that you will also accept my thanks for running such a brilliant tour.

Best wishes, Tom F.

Hi Sylvia and Marta and the staff at Wittmann Tours!

Sorry this note is late! Just wanted to send our Thanks to you for two fabulous tours that we took with your company - the Terezin tour with Mr Stransky and the walking tour of Prague with Ron. What can we say about Pavel - what a gem you have with him guiding people back to Terezin. He is a wonderful individual and so special- it truly was an honor to meet him and spend time with him and learn through his experiences. His ability to share such personal details of his and his families' lives made the day memorable and one not to be forgotten. Then we had a walking tour of Prague with Ron. He is a fountain of knowledge- just what we needed. He took us to all the significant sights and was able to pass on years of history in a very abbreviated but relevant way. We learned so much about your beautiful city of Prague! G-d willing, some day we will be back! We will recommend your company to friends. Please send Pavel and Ron our regards and best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year as to you and all your staff!

All the best,

Josie and Gerry R. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sylvia

I want to thank you so much for allowing Pavel to be our tour guide for Theresienstadt. I gained so much more insight into what transpired in this horrendous event in our history that killed so many innocent and gifted people. I am going back to the states and will finish my quilt and forward pictures of it when it is complete. Thank you so much again and looking forward to seeing more camps with your tour services in the future.

Thank you again! Jody A.

Dear Sylvie,

My name is Alex Strum, I am 60 years old and I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I and my wife were last week on two of your tours in Prague: The Jewish Quarter and Terezin. I am very happy to tell you that both tours were excelent mainly due to the two outstanding guides we were lucky to have; Amalka and Pavel. The knowledge and interest Amalka demonstrated during all the tour was really impressing. Being with Pavel in Terezin was an experience that I will certainly not forget so soon. This is something that every Jew should attend at least once in his life time. Please convey to both of them my sincere appreciation for what they have provided to us.

Thank you again and congratulations,
Alex S.

Sylvie,

This email is long overdue, but I wanted to send a message about our tour with your company in June. My husband and I traveled for five weeks throughout Europe and our morning with Barbora was the highlight of our trip. Barbora is such a bright, passionate, knowledgable tour guide.  Thank you for providing these tours of the Jewish Quarter.  My husband and I learned so much and wanted to express our gratitude.

Please send our best to Barbora.

Take care,

Deborah

Dear Sylvie,

this is Beth in San Diego, CA.  We just got in after 25 hours of traveling, so I am sorry if this is short!  I wanted to send you the pictures of the trip. I will add more when I am awake...!  We had the best tours EVER but I am half asleep so my typing is writing skills are lacking right now!  Also, our luggage has been lost by the airlines!  Ugh!
   
I will write more later, but here are a few pics!  
   
Thank you for everything!
   
Beth Ann Alitt B. and Alan B.

Compliments to Ron Hoffberg

Rabbi Hoffberg led us on two wonderful Wittmann tours last week - Prague Jewish Quarter and Terezin. He made our stay truly memorable. We enjoyed the opportunity to learn from his knowledge of the Jewish history of the Czech Republic.  We will certainly recommend Wittmann Tours to anyone who is travelling to Prague.

Dear Sylvie,

We are now back in Atlanta after a most memorable trip to Eastern Europe and we would like to thank you for making our visit to Prague and Auschwitz so special. Martina was a most knowledgeable, enthusiastic and experienced tour guide and we really appreciated the two days we spent with her. We also enjoyed the day with your guide who took us to the Jewish Museum. He was very helpful, knowledgeable and informative and we really enjoyed the day with him.

Please convey our best wishes to Martina and we wish you all the very best for the future. Of course, we shall highly recommend your company to anyone visiting Prague and Auschwitz in the future.

Many thanks and regards

HILTON AND GAIL N.

Dear Wittman Tours, I took the Terezin tour on Wednesday 1 August, and I wanted to let you know that Nathan was an excellent guide. .........

In the meantime, I just wanted you to tell you about Nathan (he may remember me as the man with the cane that day's trip.) By the way, he needs a new picture on your web site -- he no longer has his dreadlocks! :-)

Kol tuv,

Scott T.  

Dear Sylvie,

It has been almost three weeks since our wonderful stay in Prague. I just want to thank you and tell you how much you enhanced our visit. We were very impressed not only with your knowledge of Judaism in the Czech Republic but also of your knowledge of Judaism in general. Things that we American Jews take for granted or even may not think about are so much part of your every day life. You opened our eyes to many of those things.

Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge with us. It was so good for us to see for ourselves that Judaism is alive and well in Europe: Jewish schools, new synagogues and restorations of old ones, kosher restaurants, etc.

Best wishes and L'Shanah Tova,

Sandy R.

Just got back from our vacation and wanted to thank you for the wonderful tours you arranged for us. We took the Lidice and Terezin tour with Martina who was wonderful and very informative. We also took the walking tour of the Jewish Quarter with Velo who added her wonderful personality into this very informative tour.

Again, thank you. Meryl H.  

Dear Sylvie:

First I wanted to say thank you for doing such a fantastic job with my group tour on June 22.  Everyone loved your passion and knowledge. Though I had been to Prague and the Jewish Quarter before, I learned so much just listening to you and my husband was ecstatic.  Everyone in the group commented on what a great wealth of information you possess and my gentile clients loved the way you related some of the history to the church.... 

Fond regards, Stephanie T.

Hi Sylvie,

On July 4-July 8 you provided the Pulvers (David & Carol) and the Jaffes (Marty & Dee) with guides, including yourself, during our stay in Prague. You and your guides were superb and greatly enhanced our experience. Prague was the last stop on our Jewish Heritage trip through Central Europe (you corrected me when I said Eastern Europe) which included stops in Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest and finally in Prague. This was a fantastic trip with excellent guides in each city, none better than you and your guides. You looked after us from the time we landed in Prague until the time we departed back to the US. For this, we are very appreciative and thank you very much. We will be sure to recommend you to any of our family and friends that may be traveling to Prague in the future. Keep in touch.

Best, David

Please accept my compliments. Our tour was really a wonderful experience, definitely the high point of our visit to Prague.  Our guide (Malka?) was engaging, knowledgeable and obviously deeply committed.  The group dynamic added to the pleasure of the experience.  I will recommend your agency and this tour to anyone who is visiting Prague.
 
Claude B. 

We just returned from Prague and had two wonderful tous with Marina Kaderova and Amalie Nemcova. Both guides were enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and articulate. What a treat!

Sue A.

Dear Marta,

I wanted to let you know what a great time I and my colleagues in the San Francisco Symphony had on our tour to the Jewish Quarter last week. We all appreciated the knowledge, insight and wry sense of humor of our guide Barbara (a fine name too!) Though the group was very large and unwieldy, she made the best of it and by the end of the tour she won over the entire group, including the few who were unhappy about the size. Hearing the personal stories of her and her friend who joined us to help keep the group together made the history much more present and meaningful, especially hearing how much Jewish identity was lost after the Holocaust during the Communist rule. I also enjoyed Martina on the Terezin tour, with her incredible store of information about the historical details and cultural context of what we were seeing. She graciously agreed to alter her planned itinerary to accommodate my request (echoed by the others in the group) to see the rooms that centered on the musicians and concerts that were performed in the camp. It was a haunting and poignant experience I will never forget. Our concerts at the Prague Spring Festival were very successful, so hopefully we'll be back again and I'll take advantage of your other tours!

Thanks again,

Barbara B.

Dear Ms. Wittmann,
   
I wanted to let you know how much my family and I enjoyed our tour of the Jewish Quarter last Sunday, April 1.  (10:30 a.m.)  Our tour guide was Marketa and she was wonderful.  Her explanations encompassed so much history of Prague; the whole tour was an interesting and learning experience.  
   
I will highly recommend your tours to others; it was the highlight of our four days in Prague.  
   
Thank you again.
   
Sincerely,
   
Jeanette Z.