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Nov 7, 2023 · The first wall displays a virtual map of Kraków, a cityscape made alien through the imposition of German names onto streets, squares, and alleys, echoing an imposed narrative of dominance. Opposite, the other wall depicts photographs of Kraków’s modest memorial sites, a stark contrast to the grandiose Nazi plans for the city.
- Occupied Kraków
- Red Army at The Gates
- Version One: The Red Army and Marshal Konev Saved Kraków.
- Version Two. Kraków Was Saved Because No One Planned to Destroy it.
- Konev. Not A Hero anymore.
Nevertheless, the Nazi occupation of Kraków was no different to anywhere else, including the imposition of harsh totalitarian rules, racial and national segregation with the systematic extermination of Jews and Poles of Jewish origin, erasing all remnants of Kraków’s Polish history, and mass theft of works of art. The Nazi occupiers did everything ...
In January 1945, however, with the Red Army approaching at full speed and the Germans retreating contumaciously, usually leaving nothing more than scorched earth behind them, Kraków seemed doomed… but eventually came through unscathed. How was that possible? There are two narratives to that story: the Communist one and the post-Communist.
Throughout the Communist period of Poland's history, the official binding dogma was that Kraków was saved by the strategic genius of Marshal Ivan Konev. An official Kraków city guide from 1967 says: Some scientific publications, the Polish Film Chronicle (a propaganda outlet of the Communist party), and school and university textbooks, as well as a...
After the fall of Communism in 1989, the story was revised. Analysis of the classified military documents of the previous regime revealed that the Red Army’s role in saving Kraków was a bit less heroic. The latest research shows that the German armed forces had little interest in defending Kraków, and that the risk of being encircled was substantia...
It seems that the legend of Marshal Ivan Konev heroically saving Kraków was very much needed for him personally, as an asset in his rivalry with Marshal Georgy Zhukov, and for Soviet plans of expansion. Poles accused the Red Army of passivity and of letting the Warsaw Uprising bleed out in 1944, and if these charges were proven by not taking proper...
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Location: 2 Pomorska Street, 30-039 Kraków. Opening Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 to 17:30. Cost: It was 9 PLN (≈ $2) for adults when we visited, however you can also get a combined ticket with the museums of the Eagle Pharmacy and the Schindler Factory, check their website for more information.
Full-color map of the city center of Kraków, Poland, with suburban districts of Podgórze and Nowa Huta, and a detail inset of the Kraków old town, as it appeared during the German occupation of World War II (1939~1945).
A general plan of Kraków (Cracow, Krakau, Krakow, קרקוב) under the German occupation of World War II, undated; from the timeline of the Jewish ghetto in the Podgórze district, the map date is estimated 1941~1942. Four zones are highlighted by hand, including the town center ('mixed/business district', A), initial German residential area ...
The signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in August 1939 removed the threat from the Soviet Union, allowing Hitler to invade Poland on 1 September. Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War had begun. About this map. Download map.
POLAND UNDER OCCUPATION: A TIMELINE OF EVENTS Westerplatte, Poland Nazi Germany invades Poland and fires the first shots of World War II in Europe. Warsaw, Poland Jewish Resistance to Nazi police and SS leads to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. In response, the Nazis kill 13,000 and ship those remaining to concentration camps Berlin, Germany
