Explore Krakow’s history with a guided tour of Plaszow, the Nazi concentration camp featured in Schindler’s List. Visit memorials and historic sites.
Explore Krakow’s history with a guided tour of Plaszow, the Nazi concentration camp featured in Schindler’s List. Visit memorials and historic sites.
- The Ghetto Heroes Square - Though after the war the name of Plac Zgody was changed to Plac Bohaterów Getta (Ghetto Heroes Square) and a small monument was erected, the space’s historical significance never felt more pertinent than its post-war use as a public toilet or parking lot. Finally, after decades of neglect, Plac Bohaterów Getta was…
- The Ghetto Heroes Square - Though after the war the name of Plac Zgody was changed to Plac Bohaterów Getta (Ghetto Heroes Square) and a small monument was erected, the space’s historical significance never felt more pertinent than its post-war use as a public toilet or parking lot. Finally, after decades of neglect, Plac Bohaterów Getta was renovated in 2005, sparking significant controversy over the design. Laid out with 70 large well-spaced metal chairs meant to symbolise departure, as well as subsequent absence, the entire square has essentially been turned into an odd, but iconic memorial to the victims of the Kraków Ghetto.
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Plaszow Concentration Camp - 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.
- 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.”
- Professional guide
- Professional guide
- Tram ticket is not included (3.4 PLN per person)
- Tram ticket is not included (3.4 PLN per person)
Located in the southern outskirts of Krakow, Plashow is a Nazi concentration camp established by the Germans shortly after their invasion of Poland. Initially, the Nazis opened Plashow in 1940 intending it to be a forced labor camp. However, it was later expanded in 1941 and subsequently transformed into a concentration camp where the deportation of…
Located in the southern outskirts of Krakow, Plashow is a Nazi concentration camp established by the Germans shortly after their invasion of Poland. Initially, the Nazis opened Plashow in 1940 intending it to be a forced labor camp. However, it was later expanded in 1941 and subsequently transformed into a concentration camp where the deportation of Jews from the Krakow ghetto started on October 28, 1942.
Plashow was renowned for being a concentration camp that supplied labour to several military factories and a quarry.
In the iconic Schindler’s List movie (1993), the camp and the everyday life in it are portrayed. The film is based on the life of Oskar Schindler. Today, the grounds that once housed the camp are home to thinly forested hills and fields, and a sizable memorial built in 1964 to commemorate all the victims. There are a few smaller memorials too.
Presently, the Plaszow area is preserved as nature reserve. Therefore, Steven Spielberg, the director, constructed a replica camp in Liban Quarry only a few hundred meters away for the movie. Our tour will encompass all these sites.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.