Krakow: Jewish Ghetto Private Walking Tour

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

A corner of ul. Jozefinska and ul. Krakusa – sewer entrance – escape routes from the ghetto

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

ul. Wegierska – Zucker Synagogue and “Optima” Factory

Rynek Podgorski 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. Jozefinska 10 – the building of Arbeitsamt (Labour Office)

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

pl. Bohaterow 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 to the Schindler 's Factory Museum) (click to go to the Google maps)
The guide with "excursions.city" sign.
Endpoint: plac Bohaterow Getta
Length: 1.5 km
Duration: 1 hour