Jewish Quarter Kazimierz, Schindler's Factory and Ghetto Tour

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Destinazione
Cracovia, Polonia

Il programma nel dettaglio

Take a fascinating tour of Jewish culture and history. This tour brings together the three most important places in Jewish history in Krakow. Kazimierz is an original Jewish quarter. Today, Kazimierz is one of the most fashionable areas in Krakow, where synagogues still stand, old cemeteries, cafes and shops have been preserved.



The Schindler Factory Museum tells you about the horrors of World War II and Oskar Schindler's exploit.



The Jewish ghetto will tell you many stories and show you how it lived during the Nazi occupation in Krakow.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.



Szeroka Street is the centre of old Jewish culture surrounded by old synagogues, palaces and majestic houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The Old Synagogue – Museum of Judaism is the oldest preserved synagogue in Poland and one of the most valuable monuments of Jewish religious architecture in Europe.



The Remuh Synagogue is the second oldest Jewish prayer house in Krakow. The synagogue and the adjacent cemetery form a unique and priceless complex of Jewish architecture and sacred art.

The Kupa Synagogue is the last synagogue built during the existence of the Jewish town. It was also known as the Hospital Synagogue because of its close proximity to the former Jewish hospital or the Poor Synagogue because the poorest members of the Jewish community prayed there.



Plac Nowy – The New Square is a site of a daily food, vegetable, antique, craft and flea market of Kazimierz. Surrounded by cafes, bars and restaurants it is one of the most vibrant places on the map of Krakow. The Tempel Synagogue is one of the four active synagogues in Krakow, but services are held sporadically, it is also a thriving center of Jewish culture, which hosts numerous concerts and meetings, especially during the Jewish Culture Festival.



The Corpus Christi Church is distinguished by its size, importance and architecture. Its beauty is best shown in the interior of the temple, where the gothic stone walls harmonize with the gold of the baroque. The Father Bernatek Footbridge is a unique place in Podgórze, built in 2010 on the site of the former Podgórze bridge, it connects Kazimierz with Podgórze.



At the fragment of the walls that once surrounded the ghetto, we will learn a brief historical outline of the uprising, the history of this place and its topography.



The central point of the trip - the Ghetto Heroes Square, which was the center of life in the so-called Jewish Housing District. Where the Kraków Jews lived in crowds during the war, there were assemblies and deportations to camps, today a monument commemorating the victims of the Holocaust was established in the form of dozens of sculptures in the form of chairs.



We will learn about their meaningful symbolism and then we will go to the seat of the Eagle Pharmacy, the owner of which, Tadeusz Pankiewicz, during the occupation helped Jews in various ways.



While standing in an authentically historical place, listen to the stories about the everyday heroism of ordinary people in tragic circumstances. Pay a silent tribute to the helpless victims and heroes of the war.