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Krakow: Jewish Ghetto Private Walking Tour

Visit a symbolic place in Krakow where a Jewish ghetto existed during the war. Use the knowledge and experience of a private guide to bring this place and time to life in your imagination.


The streets of Jewisz Ghetto and Podgórze district still keep evidence of those terrible events.
You will see a part of the undestroyed wall around the ghetto, houses where thousands of displaced Jews used to live, the pharmacy "Under the Eagle", a monument with 68 chairs in the Heroes' Square in the ghetto.

Itinerary:

Schindler's Factory- the museum presents the daily life and tragic events that took place in Krakow during World War II. 

ul. Lwowska and ul. Limanowskiego – the preserved sections of the ghetto wall

ul. Lwowska – a location of the ghetto Orphanage

A corner of ul. Jozefinska and ul. Limanowskiego – the location of offices of Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Order Police) and the ghetto prison

A corner of ul. Jozefinska and ul. Krakusa – sewer entrance – escape routes from the ghetto

ul. Jozefinska 18 – the building of the Jewish Social Self-Help Organisation 

ul. Wegierska – Zucker Synagogue and “Optima” Factory

Rynek Podgorski Square – Judenrat (Jewish Council) Building, Julius Madritsch’s Confectionery Factory, Roman Polanski’s family ghetto lodgings and the location of the main gate of the ghetto

The River Vistula Embankment - Father Bernatek Footbridge and the Piłsudski Bridge – “Schindler’s List” film set

ul. Jozefinska 10 – the building of Arbeitsamt (Labour Office)

ul. Piwna 7a – a shelled building - the rare traces of war in Krakow

pl. Bohaterow Getta (the Main Square of the Ghetto) – the main site of the deportation campaigns and the final liquidation of the ghetto – the Ghetto Memorial

Meeting point: ul. Lipowa 4 (in front of the main entrance to the Schindler's Factory Museum)(click to go to the Google maps)
The guide with "excursions.city" sign.
Endpoint: plac Bohaterow Getta
Length: 1.5 km 
Duration: 1 hour

 

What's included?

     Professional guide 

    Exclusions
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        Please note this is a walking tour without visiting a museums   

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