The Father Bernatek Footbridge is a steel arch spanning the Vistula River, recognizable by the nine bronze acrobats suspended above its walkway. Opened in two thousand ten, the structure connects the Kazimierz district to the historic…
Podgórze Wartime Memories
This walk crosses the Vistula River to trace the tragic history of Kraków's wartime Jewish Ghetto in Podgórze, ending at Oskar Schindler’s former enamel factory.
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1. Father Bernatek’s Bridge
2. Rynek Podgórski
Rynek Podgórski is defined by its unusual triangular shape and the neo-Gothic Church of Saint Joseph that stands at its southern end. The square sits at the base of Lasota Hill, marking the historic heart of Podgórze, a place that…
3. Plac Bohaterów Getta
Plac Bohaterów Getta is defined by seventy oversized bronze chairs scattered across its paved surface. These sculptures, installed in two thousand five, commemorate the Jewish population of Kraków who were gathered here during the Nazi…
4. Apteka pod Orłem
The Apteka pod Orłem, or Pharmacy Under the Eagle, occupies a corner building at number eighteen Ghetto Heroes Square. During the German occupation, this was the only pharmacy allowed to remain open within the walls of the Kraków Ghetto.…
5. Remains of the Ghetto wall
These stone fragments are all that remain of the barrier that enclosed the Kraków Ghetto during the German occupation of Poland. Established in March nineteen forty-one in the Podgórze district, the ghetto forced fifteen thousand to twenty…
6. Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory
The three-story administrative building at four Lipowa Street stands as a remnant of the former Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik, a factory once used to produce enamelware, mess kits, and ammunition shells. Established in nineteen thirty-seven by…