Cracow: Jewish Ghetto Guided Tour
Description
Discover one of Kraków’s most powerful historical sites — the former Jewish Ghetto in Podgórze. Follow your licensed guide through streets that witnessed both tragedy and heroism. Learn about the people who lived, struggled, and resisted here during the darkest chapter of the city’s history.
Highlights:
• Visit the remains of the original Ghetto Wall
• Discover Ghetto Heroes Square and the symbolic Chair Memorial
• Hear stories of bravery at the Under the Eagle Pharmacy
• See authentic wartime buildings and street layouts
• Learn about daily life, deportations, and survival during WWII
This walking tour offers a respectful and emotional look into Kraków’s wartime past. With your expert guide, you’ll explore authentic places that still bear witness to human endurance and compassion amid tragedy. A meaningful experience for anyone wishing to understand the true depth of the city’s history.
Itinerary:
Ghetto Walls / 20min / Admission Ticket Free
The first stop on the walking tour of the Kraków Ghetto is the remains of the Ghetto Walls — a stark reminder of the confinement that once separated its residents from the rest of the city.
Ghetto Heroes Square / 20 min / Admission Ticket Free
From there you continue to Ghetto Heroes Square, the heart of the ghetto, where deportations to extermination camps took place. Today the square is marked by the symbolic Chair Memorial, each chair representing lives lost.
Eagle Pharmacy / 20min / Admission Ticket Not Included
Across the square stands the Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff courageously aided ghetto residents, preserving medicine and hope.
End point: Apteka pod Orlem, Plac Bohaterow Getta 18, 33-332 Kraków, Poland
ENG Contact Number: +48 727 001 040
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Expert guide
Walking tour of Krakow Ghetto