The Krakow ghetto in German-occupied Poland held over 15,000 Jews. Learn more about Krakow and the ghetto’s history during the Holocaust and World War II.

The Kraków Ghetto was one of five major metropolitan Nazi ghettos created by Germany in the new General Government territory during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. It was established for the purpose of exploitation, terror, and persecution of local Polish Jews .

On 6 th September 1939, Kraków surrendered to the German armed forces without a fight, and 6 days later it was proclaimed the capital of the General Government – a new territory created and governed by Nazi Germany.

2017年1月30日 · It is also a story about Nazi Germans – the occupiers who arrived here on 6 September 1939, brutally disrupting Kraków’s centuries-long history of Polish-Jewish relations. The great history of World War Two intersects here with everyday life, and the personal dramas of individual people overlap with the tragedy which affected the whole world.

2023年11月7日 · Imagine stepping back in time, to Kraków during World War II. What was life like under German occupation? It was a period of immense transformation. Kraków, home to merely a thousand Germans pre-war among its 400,000 residents, saw …

From March 13–16, 1943, SS and police authorities liquidate the Krakow ghetto. During the operation the SS kill approximately 2,000 Jews in the ghetto and transfer about 8,000 Jews, including the members and families of the Jewish council, …

WWII Memorials and Museums in Krakow Kraków-Płaszów Concentration Camp. Millions of people from around the world travel to Krakow to visit the museum at Auschwitz. Yet few know that the remains of another Nazi Concentration Camp can be found in the outskirts of Krakow itself. Granted, not as much remains of Płaszów.

A short history of the Jewish Ghetto in Krakow during WWII, and guide to where its traces can be seen today.

On the eve of World War II, the Jewish population of Krakow was approximately 60,000, constituting about one quarter of the city's population. The German army occupied Krakow in the first week of September, 1939 and in October, 1939, Krakow became the capital of the Generalgouvernement .

A celebration took place at the main rail station of Krakow, Poland, featuring the 2,000th transport of workers from Poland to Germany; the one-millionth forced laborer was "honored". ww2dbase [Kraków | CPC]