Krakow Former Jewish Ghetto and Plaszow CC Guided Tour

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3 hours (approximately)
Offered in: English and 3 more

Visit with a guide the authentic places where the Jewish ghetto and one of the concentration camps set up by the Nazis were located during the war.
Meet your guide in the vicinity of Schindler's Factory in Krakow's Podgórze district. The local streets and alleys, despite the fact that they changed their face a long time ago, still hide relics of the terrible years of the war, when the Nazis crowded thousands of people into a small area of the ghetto, and then transported them to concentration camps to die faithfully. You will see fragments of the ghetto wall, the famous square with a monument in the shape of chairs, offices and the building of the pharmacy under the eagle - a symbol of a flame of hope.
Then we will go by tram to Płaszów, where there was a Nazi concentration camp in the suburbs of Krakow on the site of old Jewish cemeteries. Płaszów supplied labor to several military factories and a quarry, and was also the site of the extermination of Jews deported from the ghetto.

What's Included

Professional guide
Tram ticket

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

Meeting point: ul. Lipowa 4 (in front of the entrance to the Schindler's Factory Museum). The guide with our company name on it.

End point

You will end the tour with an escort to the tram stop near the former camp in Płaszów.

Itinerary

Duration: 3 hours (approximately)
  • 1
    Plac Bohaterow Getta

    Visit the symbolic square - the place where the Krakow ghetto existed during World War II, where its Jewish inhabitants were crowded. A visit there will be a contribution to listening to the guide's stories about those times, living conditions and the fate of the inhabitants. The monument in the square, consisting of 70 large, well-spaced metal chairs, which were to symbolize departure, as well as later absence, is an eloquent symbol commemorating the victims of the Krakow ghetto.

    30 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 2
    Ghetto Wall Fragment

    Kraków’s most prominent evidence of its ghetto is this 12-metre stretch of the original ghetto wall. In 1983, a commemorative plaque was raised, which reads in Hebrew and Polish: “Here they lived, suffered and died at the hands of the German torturers. From here they began their final journey to the death camps.”

    15 minutes • Admission ticket free
  • 3
    Eagle Pharmacy - Museum of Krakow

    In the years 1941-1943 within the ghetto in Kraków it was the only pharmacy run by a Pole who had the right to stay in the part of the city designated by the Germans only for Jews. The owner of the pharmacy managed to help many Jews by giving them medicine, shelter, passing on information, helping in contacts with family.

    15 minutes • Admission ticket not included
  • 4

    While thousands of tourists use Krakow as the starting point for visiting Auschwitz, few are aware that Krakow actually has a former concentration camp in its own backyard. On the other side of the river, in the depths of Podgórze, the vast area is almost undeveloped, despite the fact that it is located in one of the most desirable commercial and residential districts of the city - on the main communication artery (Wielicka Street), opposite a large shopping center (Bonarka) and not far from main tourist attraction (Krakus Mound). It is the former seat of the `` Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau '' - the German Nazi concentration camp in Płaszów, today a wild, uneven space of land, which until recently did not indicate its own existence, let alone its wartime history.

    2 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The tour takes place outdoors - take care of clothing and accessories adapted to the weather conditions and comfortable shoes.
  • The tour takes place a bit away from the historic center of Krakow, does not include transportation, you should consider traveling by tram or taxi.
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