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Explore the history of the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp from a guide. Learn about Oskar Schindler and how the camp featured in the Spielberg movie, "Schindler's List."

Highlights

• Take a comprehensive tour of Plaszow Concentration Camp
• Remember the victims of the Holocaust at the camp's memorials
• Learn about the life of Oskar Schindler and where 'Schindler's List' was filmed

Description

Visit the concentration camp, Krakow-Plashov, which opened in 1940. Learn about how it started as a forced labor camp and was converted into a concentration camp in 1941. Pay respects to the several memorials dedicated to remembering the victims.  Understand the impact of Nazi rule in the area and the deportation of Jews from the Krakow ghetto, beginning in 1942. See the different parts of the camp and learn about the intensive labor carried out at the quarry and military factories. Get an in-depth insight into what camp life was like.  Discuss the life of Oskar Schindler and hear how the camp was portrayed in the 1993 movie, 'Schindler's List.' Visit the replica of the camp built under the direction of Steven Spielberg in the Liban Quarry, some hundred meters away.

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