Plaszow Concentration Camp Tour + Night Krak's Mound Walk

Duration: 2,5h
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  • Transport from Cracow by comfortable air-conditioned minibus
  • Expert Auschwitz Birkenau Tour guide for a whole day
  • All entrance fees included to avoid long queues

Join us at the place where Steven Spielberg filmed 'Schindler's List'. Besides gaining knowledge about a place often overlooked but equally significant as Auschwitz-Birkenau.

You will exchange authentic food ration cards for bread made according to the original recipe from World War II times. After leaving the camp, you will receive a hot beverage and ascend the oldest mound in Krakow to admire the beautiful city panorama

Originally established in 1942 by the occupying German forces, Plaszow served as a forced labor camp before being converted into a concentration camp in 1943. Its purpose was the imprisonment, exploitation, and extermination of Jews, Poles, Romani people, and other victims of Nazi persecution.

Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who arrived in Krakow during the Nazi occupation, saw an opportunity to exploit cheap Jewish labor for his enamelware and ammunition factories. Despite being a member of the Nazi Party and initially motivated solely by profit, Schindler gradually became appalled by the atrocities he witnessed at Plaszow and other camps.

Schindler used his influence and connections to protect his Jewish workers from deportation to extermination camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau. He bribed officials, provided better living conditions, and even risked his own life to shield his employees from harm.

 

 

 

Guided Tour Itinerary

Pickup from Selected Bus Stops
The driver will pick you up from Galaxy Hotel pick-up place, and transport you to Plaszow concentration camp. Please be at the chosen meeting point 10 minutes before the departure time.
Plaszow Concentration Camp Tour Guide
Walk through Płaszów with a guide, stopping at selected points to distribute food ration cards. Learning about the history of the camp and a opportunity to taste 'kartkowiec' bread (baked according to the original WWII recipe)
Transfer to Krak's Mound
Stroll to the top of Krakus Mound with lanterns while hearing exciting tour guide stories. On top you will see the beatiful view of the whole city.
Drop Off
On the way back you will be dropped off at Hotel Galaxy near the city center of Krakow