Private Tour: Jewish Krakow Walking Tour of Podgórze and Plaszow Concentration Camp
Krakow, Poland
Trip Type: Private Sightseeing Tours
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Learn about Krakow's darkest hours and Jewish community on a private 3.5-hour walking tour of Podgórze and Plaszow concentration camp. Discover the key sites of the former Jewish ghetto of Podgórze, now one of Krakow’s most charming quarters, with a private guide. Uncover the neighborhood's history and visit the Eagle Pharmacy Museum to chart daily life here during World War II. Finish at Plaszow, the inner city concentration camp established in Krakow in 1942. See the empty grounds and memorials as your guide recounts the camp’s history.
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Learn about Krakow's darkest hours and Jewish community on a private 3.5-hour walking tour of Podgórze and Plaszow concentration camp. Discover the key sites of the former Jewish ghetto of Podgórze, now one of Krakow’s most charming quarters, with a private guide. Uncover the neighborhood's history and visit the Eagle Pharmacy Museum to chart daily life here during World War II. Finish at Plaszow, the inner city concentration camp established in Krakow in 1942. See the empty grounds and memorials as your guide recounts the camp’s history.Meet your guide at your hotel or in central Krakow for your private walking tour. If there are places you want to see more or less of, let your guide know — the itinerary can be tailored around you. Most explorations are by foot, but a public transport ticket is included to travel by bus or tram between the sites.
Head first for Podgórze: Krakow’s Jewish ghetto district during WWII. Stroll the now-charming and vibrant streets as your guide explains how an estimated 15,000 Jewish people were herded here in 1941.
View remnants of the ghetto and wartime years, including the buildings that housed the workshops of Julius Madritsch, a Viennese industrialist who employed — and thus saved — many Jewish workers during the Nazi occupation.
Learn about Madritsch, and visit the Eagle Pharmacy Museum to chart everyday ghetto life through the photographs and testimonies.
Continue to the site of Plaszow concentration camp in the heart of Podgórze yet often missed by visitors. View the empty field and poignant memorials that mark the site as you hear about its history and sadistic rule of its commandant, Amon Goeth.
After around 3.5 hours, your tour ends in central Krakow.
Head first for Podgórze: Krakow’s Jewish ghetto district during WWII. Stroll the now-charming and vibrant streets as your guide explains how an estimated 15,000 Jewish people were herded here in 1941.
View remnants of the ghetto and wartime years, including the buildings that housed the workshops of Julius Madritsch, a Viennese industrialist who employed — and thus saved — many Jewish workers during the Nazi occupation.
Learn about Madritsch, and visit the Eagle Pharmacy Museum to chart everyday ghetto life through the photographs and testimonies.
Continue to the site of Plaszow concentration camp in the heart of Podgórze yet often missed by visitors. View the empty field and poignant memorials that mark the site as you hear about its history and sadistic rule of its commandant, Amon Goeth.
After around 3.5 hours, your tour ends in central Krakow.
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