If you have not watched the movie "Schindler's List," I highly recommend it. It is a great movie about a man who saved many lives, but it also is an excellent portrayal of what happened during the Holocaust. Schindler's Factory still exists very close to the Jewish Ghetto in Krakow. It is not a working factory anymore, but is now a museum depicting German Occupation. I have been to many museums, but this one, by far, is the best. The museums designer deserves an award. From the moment you walk in, you feel like you have been transported back in time. It is set up like a visual timeline of WWII from beginning to end. You track through the exhibits on sensory overload and each room is small, so you feel like you were a part of the history of each stage. I loved it and want to come back and bring my sons.
The museum is not about Schindler at all. It is about what Jews had to endure and tries very hard to make you feel like you are walking in a victims footsteps. Schindler was definitely a hero...true savior.
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| Entrance gate...the gateway to life for many survivors |
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| My niece, Katie. Love this girl and glad to share this experience with her. |
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| Nazi war paraphenalia |
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| You had to walk through a maze of these flags, signaling the Nazis were in power. |
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| Awesome exhibit. It was a school room and a recording was playing of the sounds of desks moving and people speaking. There was a plaque on the wall displaying the speech told to Jewish college students who were arrested for continuing to go to class. |
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| A copy of Hitler's Mein Kampf |
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| Jewish treasures the Nazis raided and stole |
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| One small room in the ghetto that held many families in one room |
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| When the Jews had to go to the train station for deportation to the concentration camps, their stuff was left in piles on the train platform because the SS wouldn't let them bring it. |
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| Nazi propaganda |
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| Weapons and artillery |
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| The factory from the outside |
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| Desk where papers were stamped. Notice the swastika tiles.... |
