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Ghetto and Camp in Płaszów
History of the Kraków Ghetto
By the ordinance of 3rd March 1941 from the Governor of the Kraków District, Otto Wächter, Jews were forced to move to the district's first "residential area for Jews", established in Podgórze... »
Pharmacy Under The Eagle
In 1909, Józef Pankiewicz established his pharmacy “Pod Orłem” that is “Under the Sign of the Eagle” in what at the time was the Free Town of Podgórze, on the corner of ul. Targowa and Zgody (today’s Bohaterów Getta) Square 18... »
Camp in Płaszów
The total number of prisoners who went through Płaszów camp is hard to assess and is assumed to have exceeded 50,000. The camp commander was Amon Goeth, infamous for his cruelty... »
Bohaterów Getta Square
Laid out around 1838 as an ancillary market square for the Town of Podgórze, it was intended to combine trade and fair functions. During the second world war, the square became the focal point of the ghetto for Jews... »
Józefińska Street and the most important institutions in the ghetto
Józefińska is one of the oldest streets and one of the principal streets in the original plan of Podgórze. In 1941-1943 Józefińska found itself within the ghetto started by the Nazis. It was here that numerous institutions of major importance for the everyday operation of the Jewish district were situated... »
Schindler's Factory
Established by three Jewish entrepreneurs, the production plant at ul. Lipowa 4 began operation two years before the second world war. Steven Spielberg based his famous motion picture Schindler’s List (1993) on these events... »
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Historical Museum of the City of Kraków
The wartime history of the factory, its owner Oskar Schindler, and the Jewish prisoners of the Płaszów camp became known primarily thanks to Steven Spielberg... »
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Wawel
Although there are few who can guess which church bears the official name of the Cathedral Basilica of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr and St Wenceslas,... »
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Various Faces of MOCAK
Since it opened in May last year, the expansive floor space of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow (MOCAK) are regularly filled with temporary exhibitions. Four will be opened on 16 February.... »
