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Map in Google Maps browser. This map of the KL Plaszow was drawn on the basis of a historical camp map and the results of surveys conducted by the Kraków Museum since 2016. The map depicts the status of KL Plaszow in mid-1944 with its main roads, existing buildings, planned structures, fire ponds (water reservoirs for fire fighting) and ...
Oct 15, 2019 · From October 28, 1942 to January 20, 1945, the area was home to a ghetto that expanded into the Kraków-Płaszów Concentration Camp. There, more than 40,000 people, mostly of Polish, Jewish, or ...
- History
- Getting to Płaszów
- What to See
- The North End of The Camp
- The South End of The Camp
Before World War II, Kraków was home to some 65,000 Jews, who once under Nazi occupation (beginning in September 1939) faced almost immediate persecution. Forced ‘resettlement’ (largely to labour camps in the east) began in late 1940 and by the time of the establishment of the Kraków Ghetto in March 1941, the Jewish population had been reduced to s...
Due to its size and the fact that there is no prescribed route, there are several ways to get to the territory of the former Płaszów camp. If you have a car you can drive around to the southern side of the camp and park on the side of the road across from Castorama on ul. Henryka Kamieńskiego within view of the ‘Memorial of Torn-Out Hearts.’ It is ...
Today almost nothing remains of the sprawling 80-hectare concentration camp in Płaszów – a district of Podgórze. In comparison to other Nazi prison camps, Płaszów was extremely well dismantled and has been the subject of very little historical excavation or on-site documentation until only recently (in summer 2017 archaeological works were undertak...
If you approach the camp from ul. Jerozolimska in the north, you have the greatest chance of seeing the most points of interest. This was also the main entrance into the camp. At the corner of ul. Jerozolimska and ul. Abrahama (which turns from a paved road between the apartments blocks into a dirt trail leading into the camp) you can consider that...
From the intersection where the Grey House stands, cross ul. Abrahama and continue up ul. Heltmana (the continuation of ul. Jerozolimska). This residential street was known as ‘SS-strasse’ during the war for it was here that the Nazi officers lived, including camp commandant Amon Goeth at number 22, known as the ‘Red House.’ You can see the back of...
The KL Plaszow Memorial Site is designated for completing a museum project to commemorate the victims of the camp. The project is based on an architectural design created by Proxima Sp. z o.o. (later GPP Sp. z o.o.) and a scenario developed by the Kraków Museum. The Museum – the KL Plaszow Memorial Site, will consist of the former camp area ...
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28 October 1942 – January 1945. Liberated by. Red Army, 20 January 1945. Płaszów ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈpwaʂuf]) or Kraków-Płaszów was a Nazi concentration camp operated by the SS in Płaszów, a southern suburb of Kraków, in the General Governorate of German-occupied Poland. Most of the prisoners were Polish Jews who were targeted ...
History of the camp. The German Nazi camp in Plaszow was established in October 1942, in the area of the Kraków districts known as Podgórze and Wola Duchacka. Work began on the grounds of Jewish cemeteries located in the area. Plaszow was designed as a forced labour camp (Zwangsarbeitslager Plaszow des SS- und Polizeiführers im Distrikt ...
The area is managed by the Museum – the KL Plaszow Memorial Site in Kraków. The German Nazi Labour and Concentration Camp (1942–1945) (in progress). We encourage you to discover the history of this site, take a walk, reflect and relax. Please follow certain rules to show your respect for those who died in the camp.
