Krakow: Jewish Ghetto Guided Tour

The streets of Jewish 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. Józefińska and ul. Limanowskiego – the location of offices of Jüdischer Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Order Police) and the ghetto prison

a corner of ul. Józefińska and ul. Krakusa – sewer entrance – escape routes from the ghetto

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

ul. Węgierska – Zucker Synagogue and “Optima” Factory

Rynek Podgórski 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. Józefińska 10 – the building of Arbeitsamt (Labour Office)

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

pl. Bohaterów 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 of Shindler's Factory (click to go to the Google maps)
Endpoint: Plac Bohaterów Getta
Length: ~1.5 km 
Duration: 1 hour