Kraków Ghetto

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi ghetto in occupied Poland
World War II Jewish ghetto
administeredBy German civil authorities
German Ordnungspolizei
surface form: German police

SS
coordinateLocation 50.046°N 19.961°E
country Nazi Germany
createdBy German occupation authorities in Kraków
Nazi Germany
deportationDestination AuschwitzBirkenau
surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp

Belzec
surface form: Bełżec extermination camp

Plaszow concentration camp
surface form: 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
surface form: Jewish Ghetto Police in Kraków
historicalPeriod German occupation of Poland
World War II
liquidationDate March 1943
locatedIn General Government
Kraków
Podgórze district
surface form: Podgórze district of Kraków

occupied Poland
namedAfter Kraków
nearbyCamp Plaszow concentration camp
surface form: Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
notablePrisoner Roman Polanski
Tadeusz Pankiewicz
partOf Holocaust
Holocaust
surface form: 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

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General Government contains Kraków Ghetto
Plaszow concentration camp locatedNear Kraków Ghetto
Plaszow concentration camp builtOnSiteOf Kraków Ghetto
this entity surface form: Kraków Jewish cemeteries of Podgórze and Płaszów
Schindler's List portrays Kraków Ghetto
Schindlerjuden associatedWith Kraków Ghetto
Podgórze district hasHeritage Kraków Ghetto
this entity surface form: former Jewish ghetto of Kraków
Podgórze district historicalEvent Kraków Ghetto
this entity surface form: Kraków Ghetto during World War II
Podgórze district hasSite Kraków Ghetto
this entity surface form: Kraków Ghetto wall remains
Polish Jews confinedIn Kraków Ghetto
this entity surface form: Krakow Ghetto
Judenrat (Jewish Council) operatedIn Kraków Ghetto
subject surface form: Judenrat
Jewish Ghetto Police operatedIn Kraków Ghetto
Judenrat of Kraków locatedIn Kraków Ghetto
Tadeusz Pankiewicz placeOfActivity Kraków Ghetto
Tadeusz Pankiewicz associatedWith Kraków Ghetto
Podgórze historicalEvent Kraków Ghetto
Itzhak Stern placeOfActivity Kraków Ghetto
Poldek Pfefferberg survivedEvent Kraków Ghetto
Eagle Pharmacy locatedIn Kraków Ghetto
this entity surface form: Kraków Ghetto area
Eagle Pharmacy associatedWithEvent Kraków Ghetto
this entity surface form: Kraków Ghetto liquidation