Explore Krakow’s Jewish Ghetto and Plaszow CC with a guide. Uncover hidden relics, hear poignant stories, and visit historic sites.
Explore Krakow’s Jewish Ghetto and Plaszow CC with a guide. Uncover hidden relics, hear poignant stories, and visit historic sites.
- The Ghetto Heroes Square - Explore this symbolic square, once the site of the Krakow ghetto during World War II, where Jewish residents were confined. Visiting this location allows you to hear the guide’s narratives about the era, living conditions, and the fate of the inhabitants. The monument in the square, featuring 70 large, well-spaced metal…
- The Ghetto Heroes Square - Explore this symbolic square, once the site of the Krakow ghetto during World War II, where Jewish residents were confined. Visiting this location allows you to hear the guide’s narratives about the era, living conditions, and the fate of the inhabitants. The monument in the square, featuring 70 large, well-spaced metal chairs, symbolizes both departure and absence, serving as a poignant tribute to the victims of the Krakow ghetto.
- Ghetto Wall Fragment - This 12-meter section of the original ghetto wall stands as Kraków’s most significant remnant of its ghetto. In 1983, a commemorative plaque was installed, bearing inscriptions 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.”
- Eagle Pharmacy - Museum of Krakow - Between 1941 and 1943, this was the only pharmacy within the Kraków ghetto operated by a Pole who was permitted to remain in the area designated by the Germans exclusively for Jews. The pharmacy’s owner aided many Jews by providing medicine, shelter, information, and facilitating contact with their families.
- Plaszow Concentration Camp - While many tourists use Krakow as a base for visiting Auschwitz, few realize that Krakow itself has a former concentration camp nearby. Located across the river in Podgórze, this vast, largely undeveloped area lies in one of the city’s most sought-after commercial and residential districts, along the main thoroughfare (Wielicka Street), opposite a large shopping center (Bonarka), and near a major tourist attraction (Krakus Mound). This site was once the `` Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau ‘’, a German Nazi concentration camp. Today, it is a wild, uneven expanse of land that until recently bore little indication of its historical significance.
- Professional guide
- Professional guide
- Tram ticket (short ride, approx. PLN 4)
- Tram ticket (short ride, approx. PLN 4)
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…
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.
- 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.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.