Kraków Ghetto

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Nazi ghetto in occupied Poland World War II Jewish ghetto

The Kraków Ghetto was a World War II Jewish ghetto established by Nazi Germany in the city of Kraków, where thousands of Jews were confined, exploited, and ultimately deported to extermination and labor camps.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi ghetto in occupied Poland → World War II Jewish ghetto →
administeredBy	German civil authorities → German police → SS →
coordinateLocation	50.046°N 19.961°E →
country	Nazi Germany →
createdBy	German occupation authorities in Kraków → Nazi Germany →
deportationDestination	Auschwitz concentration camp → Bełżec extermination camp → Płaszów forced labor camp →
endTime	March 1943 →
establishedByDecreeOf	Hans Frank →
event	forced relocation of Jews from Kraków → ghetto liquidation Aktion →
hasGoverningBody	Judenrat of Kraków →
hasLanguage	German → Polish → Yiddish →
hasMemorial	Kraków Ghetto Heroes Square memorial → fragment of ghetto wall in Kraków →
hasPoliceForce	Jewish Ghetto Police in Kraków →
historicalPeriod	German occupation of Poland → World War II →
liquidationDate	March 1943 →
locatedIn	General Government → Kraków → Podgórze district of Kraków → occupied Poland →
namedAfter	Kraków →
nearbyCamp	Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp →
notablePrisoner	Roman Polanski → Tadeusz Pankiewicz →
partOf	Holocaust → Holocaust in Poland →
populationType	Jews → Polish Jews →
purpose	deportation of Jews to extermination camps → deportation of Jews to labor camps → exploitation of Jewish labor → segregation of Jews →
significantEvent	liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto →
startTime	March 1941 →
subjectOf	Holocaust studies → memorial culture in Poland → museum exhibitions in Kraków →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
General Government → General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland) →	contains
Schindlerjuden →	associatedWith
Plaszow concentration camp ("Kraków Jewish cemeteries of Podgórze and Płaszów") →	builtOnSiteOf
Podgórze district ("former Jewish ghetto of Kraków") →	hasHeritage
Podgórze district ("Kraków Ghetto wall remains") →	hasSite
Podgórze district ("Kraków Ghetto during World War II") →	historicalEvent
Plaszow concentration camp →	locatedNear
Schindler's List →	portrays
Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory in Kraków →	relatedTo