We visited Auschwitz. Depressing for sure but a crucial part of history, so we felt it is a must see. We were impressed how respectfully presented it was. It did not feel like a tourist location, though tourists such as ourselves were everywhere.
Schindler’s Factory in Krakow. This has been turned into a museum showing Krakow under Nazi occupation, as well as a memorial to Oskar Schindler and his part in saving many Jews from the Holocaust.
Factory roof.
Schindler’s office
The pots and pans made in the factory with the names of every person saved written on the walls within the enclosure.
The Hall of Choices. Notes written by many of the Jews who worked in the factory.
and catalogued into the Righteous
and the Collaborators and Informers.
A memorial, in the heart of what was a thriving Jewish community, in Krakow. Jewish tradition, rather than lighting candles, is to place a small stone in memory.
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