VirtualGlobetrotting: Poland: Krakow

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Amon Göth's house at Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
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From the balcony of this house the commandant of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, Amon Göth, killed jewish inmates randomly.
It was also featured in the movie "Schindlers List" from 1993.

Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp
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Płaszów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpwaʂuf]) was a Nazi German concentration camp in the southern suburb of Kraków, founded by the Nazis in Płaszów soon after the German invasion of Poland and the creation of the General Government, during German Nazi occupation of Poland. The construction of the camp, originally intended as a forced labour camp, began in summer 1940. In 1941 the camp was extended and subsequently became a concentration camp with deportations of the Jews from the Kraków Ghetto beginning October 28, 1942. Commanding the camp was Amon Göth, an SS commandant from Vienna who was known for being uncommonly sadistic in his treatment of prisoners. On March 13, 1943, Göth personally oversaw the liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto, forcing its Jewish inhabitants deemed capable of work into the camp. Those deemed unfit for work were killed. Under him were his staff of SS men and a few SS women, including Gertrud Heise, Luise Danz, Alice Orlowski and Anna Gerwing.
The camp is featured in the movie Schindler's List about the life of Oskar Schindler.

Amon Göth's former house
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Amon Leopold Göth (11 December 1908 – 13 September 1946) was an SS Hauptsturmführer (Captain) and the commandant of the Nazi concentration camp in Płaszów in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
He was tried as a war criminal after the war. After the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland at Kraków found him guilty of murdering tens of thousands of people, he was executed by hanging not far from the former site of the Płaszów camp.
The film Schindler's List memorably depicts his occasional practice standing on the balcony of the commandant's villa and shooting camp internees for sport.
The house is/has been on sale. Who want such a notorious house?

Main Square, Kraków
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Central place of Cracow old city.

Oskar Schindler's former house
This villa was the home of Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List) from October 1939 to 1944, when he lived and worked in Krakow.

Remaining part of Krakow Ghetto wall

Entrance to Krakow Ghetto (site of)
One of 3 entrances to the Ghetto was here. The other were at Zgody Square and Boleslawa Limanowskiego Street.

Krakow Ghetto's Optima Factory
One of two factories in the Krakow Ghetto where the Jews worked under hard conditions for the Nazi's.

The chairs of Zgody Square
This was the site the Nazi's selected who were sent to nearby Płaszów concentration camp or to the death camps of Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau during the perion from March 3. 1941 until March 14. 1943 when the last ones were sent to the camps.
The chairs remembers the victims of the Holocaust of Krakow.

Wawel
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Old castle of Polish kings

Krakow Ghetto Eagle Pharmacy
Still after the war the pharmacy continued until 1967. It was then converted to a restaurant but 1983 it was reconverted to a phamacy and became a museum.

Oskar Schindler's factory Emalia
To the left are memorial windows to Jews he saved from the Nazi's.

Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp Memorial

Jagiellonian University
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The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kraków. It is the oldest university in Poland. It is the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world.

St. Mary's Basilica, Kraków
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By nightfall, the church of St. Mary’s is lit up, and it dominates the Cracow sky-line. Its steeple, much like a crown of black icicles, thrusts up to the stars. On foggier nights, all that one can see is this cupola, hovering like an apparition in the darkness. From here, on the hour, every hour, (come rain or snow), a bugle call rings out across the city.
The Mariacki church is the largest in Cracow, and, after Wawel, the most important place of worship in the city. Built of red brick and with two towers of unequal height and form, it is not conventionally attractive. However, like many places here, it may well grow on you.

Stadion Miejski, Kraków
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Barbakan in Kraków
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Part of medieval fortifications of Kraków - the Barbican.

Golden cow on the roof of a car

Nowa Huta
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Nowa Huta ("new steelworks"), socialist-realist district of Kraków, designed in the years 1949 - 1952.

Wawel Castle
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Marshal Józef Piłsudski Stadium
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Home of KS Cracovia

Montelupich Prison
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Krakow’s Montelupich Prison has been the scene of some of the darkest moments in the city’s recent history. British and Soviet spies, anti-Communist activists, high ranking Nazis and the victims of Nazi oppression have all found themselves behind its walls in the company of common and uncommon criminals.
SS officer Amon Goeth was hanged here.

Palac Biskupski (Bishop's Palace)
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Standing opposite the Franciscan church, the Bishop's Palace was built in the 14th century and was the baroque residence of Krakow's bishops. By far its most famous resident was John Paul II who lived here between 1964 and 1978. There is a plaque to commemorate his stay and a monument by Jole Sensi Croci stands in the inner courtyard.

Amy Winehouse
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Eros Bendato sculpture by Igor Mitoraj

flea market
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Marilyn Monroe graffiti

HL 16
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Jock's monument
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"Dżok, the dog. The most faithful canine friend, ever epitomising a dogs boundless devotion to his master. Throughout the entire year /1990-1991/ Dżok was seen waiting in vain at the Rondo Grunwaldzkie roundabout to be fetched back by his master, who had passed away at the very site."

Stadion Wawelu Kraków

Clown
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Mural by Blu

Dancing
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This appears to be a wedding photo shoot at the Wawel Royal Castle. If you move around you can also catch them kissing.

Stadion Suche Stawy

Sukiennice shopping mall

PZL M-15 Belphegor
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The Mielec M-15 was a jet agricultural aircraft, manufactured by PZL Mielec in Poland for Soviet agricultural aviation. For its strange looks and noisy engine it was nicknamed Belphegor after the noisy demon.

Horses
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Military vehicle
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Accordion player

Kościuszko Mound
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Tadeusz Kościuszko was a Polish military leader who later became a hero in Lithuania, Belarus and the United States.
The mound was completed in 1823 and is 112 feet tall.

Krakow Hiflyer balloon

Pope John Paul II window in Krakow

Jagiellonian Library

"Human" beer mug
Advertising for free beer.

Kraków Główny railway station
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St. Florian's Gate

Juliusz Słowacki Theatre
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The theatre, named after the great Romantic playwrite, Juliusz Slowacki, was built in 1892 by the Polish architect Jan Zawiejski. It was launched during an especially fruitful period in Cracow’s artistic life, and many historic plays were premiered here. These included The Wedding (1901), a portentous foray into national myth (black knights, jesters and visions galore) which remains a much-loved classic to this day. It was penned by one of the most interesting artistic characters of the age, Stanislas Wyspianski.

Tauron Arena Kraków
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The Tauron Arena in Krakow is a multi-purpose arena. It hosted concerts and major events like the 2014 Volleyball World Championship and the 2016 Handball European Championship.
This venue currently holds the title for having Polands largest LED façade, with a total of 5,200 m² LED striping.

Tyniec Benedictine Abbey
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Street freestyle soccer
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Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków

Camaldolese Monastery Bielany
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Parking lot above the railway tracks
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Nasz Stadion

Pope John Paul II

Young Karol Wojtyła on a photo banner
As priest, later he became Pope John Paul II.

Księgarnia Muzyczna
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EM-10 Bielik
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The EM-10 Bielik (Polish: White-tailed Eagle) is low cost Polish military training aircraft prototype, built by Margański & Mysłowski and first flown on 4 June 2003. The single engine aircraft had a composite (mostly carbon fibre) fuselage with a light alloy aft section. The pressurized cockpit had ejection seats.

LTV A-7P Corsair II
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The Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II is a carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft introduced to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. The A-7 airframe design was based on the successful supersonic Vought F-8 Crusader. It was one of the first combat aircraft to feature a head-up display (HUD), an inertial navigation system (INS), and a turbofan engine.
A-7P
Ex-U.S. Navy A-7A rebuilt for Portugal, 44 refurbished with TF30-P-408 engines and an avionics fit similar to the A-7E.

In 1955 Poland bought a licence for the manufacturing of the Soviet MiG-17, the basic jet fighter of Warsaw Pact countries. The licensed aircraft was given the designation Lim-5 (an abbreviation of: licencyjny myśliwiec - "licence fighter"). The first Lim-5 was built in WSK-Mielec on November 28, 1956, replacing the production of the Lim-2 (MiG-15bis). By production's end in 1960, 477 Lim-5s were built, becoming Poland's basic fighter. (This number includes the Lim-5R reconnaissance variant, equipped with an AFA-39 camera). From 1959 Poland began to license-produce the MiG-17PF interceptor, equipped with the Izumrud-5 (RP-5) radar, as the Lim-5P. By 1960, 129 were built.

Opera Krakowska

USA and Germany flags

Krakow Skate Park

Artists in Cracow

Pilsudski's Mound

Bmw m3
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Krakow motive power depot

Remah Synagogue

SAAB AJSF 37 Viggen
With a need arising to carry the new RB 15F anti ship missile the onboard computer was inadequate. Instead of installing a computer in the missile pylon it was considered more effective to upgrade the onboard electronics.
The extensive electronics upgrade of the old AJ/SF/SH in 1992 gave the ability to carry the Sidewinder on the outer wing pylons which had been unused as well as the ability to carry the newer RB 74. The AJS and AJSH also received the RB 15F anti-ship missile and BK 90 stand-off cluster bomb originally intended for the delayed JAS 39 Gripen

PZL TS-11 Iskra
The PZL TS-11 Iskra (English: Spark) is a Polish jet trainer aircraft, used by the air forces of Poland and India. It is notable as the main training aircraft of the Polish Army, the oldest jet still in service in Poland - and one of the most reliable.

Ilyushin Il-28R
Il-28R
Three-seat tactical photo reconnaissance version, with extra fuel in bomb bay and tip-tanks, and with one forward firing cannon removed. Fitted with revised undercarriage to deal with heavier weights. First flew 19 April 1950.
The Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet bomber aircraft of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force. It was the USSR's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. It was also licence-built in China as the Harbin H-5. Total production in the USSR was 6,316 aircraft, and over 319 H-5s were built. Only 187 examples of the HJ-5 training variant were manufactured. In the 1990s hundreds remained in service with various air forces over 60 years after the Il-28 first appeared.

Living mannequin

Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna
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Cracovia Business Center
Tallest building in Krakow

Town Hall Tower, Kraków

PZL I-22 Iryda
In 1976, a program to develop a new jet trainer for the Polish Air Force started at the Institute of Aeronautics (Polish: Instytut Lotnictwa) to replace the TS-11 Iskra. The Iryda was designed in PZL Mielec (then WSK-Mielec). The first prototype was flown on March 3, 1985. The project was finally canceled in the 1990s due to problems and a lack of funding. Another reason was a crash of the pre-production series aircraft, even though the cause of accident was exceeding of the performance limits during forced flutter tests.

Lisunov Li-2
The Lisunov Li-2, originally designated PS-84 (NATO reporting name "Cab"), was a license-built version of the Douglas DC-3. It was produced by Factory #84 in Moscow-Khimki and, after evacuation in 1941, at TAPO in Tashkent. The project was directed by aeronautical engineer Boris Pavlovich Lisunov.

SEPECAT Jaguar GR1
The SEPECAT Jaguar is an Anglo-French jet ground attack aircraft, originally used by the British Royal Air Force and the French Armée de l'Air in the close air support and nuclear strike role, and still in service with several export customers, notably the Indian Air Force and the Royal Air Force of Oman.
First flight 8 September 1968

Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21MF
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a supersonic jet fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. It was popularly nicknamed "Balalaika", from the aircraft's planform-view resemblance to the Russian stringed musical instrument or ołówek (English: pencil) by Polish pilots due to the shape of its fuselage.
First flight 14 February 1955 (Ye-2)

Kosciuszko Mound streetview
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The mound reaches a height of 112 feet. This streetview gives you an idea of how large the mound is in comparsion to its surroundings.

Dogs

Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts

Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery

Dassault Mirage 5 BA
The Dassault Mirage 5 is a supersonic attack aircraft designed in France by Dassault Aviation during the 1960s, and manufactured in France and a number of other countries. It was derived from Dassault's popular Mirage III fighter, and spawned several variants of its own.
Mirage 5BA : Single-seat version of the Mirage 5 for Belgium, fitted with mainly US avionics; 63 built, 62 under license by SABCA.
First flight 19 May 1967

IKEA Krakow

Klezmer-Hois
Site of the Finish Line of Leg 8 of The Amazing Race 27

Mikoyan MiG-29UB
The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name: "Fulcrum") is a fourth-generation jet fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG-29, along with the larger Sukhoi Su-27, was developed to counter new American fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG-29 entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983; unofficially, some Soviet pilots made use of the NATO designation "Fulcrum" for the type.
First flight 6 October 1977

Krakow Power Plant

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter
R-855 - first flight October 25, 1962, taken on service by RCAF August 8, 1963 with CEPE
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine, high-performance, supersonic interceptor aircraft originally developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) by Lockheed. One of the Century Series of aircraft, it served with the USAF from 1958 until 1969, and continued with Air National Guard units until it was phased out in 1975. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) flew a small mixed fleet of F-104 types in supersonic flight tests and spaceflight programs until they were retired in 1994
First flight 4 March 1954

Sukhoi Su-22M4
The Sukhoi Su-17 (NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a Soviet attack aircraft developed from the Sukhoi Su-7 fighter-bomber. It enjoyed a long career in Soviet, later Russian, service and was widely exported to communist and Middle Eastern air forces, as the Su-20 and Su-22.

St. Andrew's Church, Kraków

Graffiti

Saab J 35J Draken
In 1985 the Swedish government decided to modify 54 J 35F2s to J 35J standard. In 1987, 12 more modifications were ordered. Between 1987 and 1991, the aircraft were given a longer lifespan, more modern electronics, a modernized cannon, an additional two Sidewinder (AIM-9L) pylons under the air intakes and increased fuel capacity. The final operative J 35J flew for the last time in 1999.

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23MF
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is considered to belong to the Soviet third generation jet fighter category, along with similarly aged Soviet fighters such as the MiG-25 "Foxbat". It was the first attempt by the Soviet Union to design look-down/shoot-down radar and one of the first to be armed with beyond visual range missiles, and the first MiG production fighter aircraft to have intakes at the sides of the fuselage. Production started in 1970 and reached large numbers with over 5,000 aircraft built. Today the MiG-23 remains in limited service with various export customers.
First flight 10 June 1967

Ilyushin Il-14
The Ilyushin Il-14 (NATO reporting name "Crate") was a Soviet twin-engine commercial and military personnel and cargo transport aircraft that first flew in 1950, and entered service in 1954. Il-14 was also manufactured in East Germany by VVB Flugzeugbau, in Czechoslovakia as the Avia 14, and in China under the Chinese designation Y-6. The Ilyushin Il-14 was typically replaced by the Antonov An-24 and Yakovlev Yak-40.
First flight 1 October 1950

Sukhoi Su-7
Su-7UM (NATO Moujik)
Two-seat training version of the Su-7BM.
The Sukhoi Su-7 (NATO designation name: Fitter-A) was a swept wing, supersonic fighter aircraft developed by the Soviet Union in 1955. Originally, it was designed as tactical, low-level dogfighter, but was not successful in this role. On the other hand, soon-introduced Su-7B series became the main Soviet fighter-bomber and ground-attack aircraft of the 1960s. The Su-7 was rugged in its simplicity but its shortcomings included short range and low weapon load.
First flight 18 September 1953

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak
The Republic F-84F Thunderstreak was an American-built swept-wing turbojet fighter-bomber. While an evolutionary development of the straight-wing F-84 Thunderjet, the F-84F was a new design

Ilyushin Il-28U
Il-28U
Unarmed training version fitted with new nose housing cockpit for instructor, while the trainee sat in the normal cockpit. First flown 18 March 1950.
The Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet bomber aircraft of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Force. It was the USSR's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. It was also licence-built in China as the Harbin H-5. Total production in the USSR was 6,316 aircraft, and over 319 H-5s were built. Only 187 examples of the HJ-5 training variant were manufactured. In the 1990s hundreds remained in service with various air forces over 60 years after the Il-28 first appeared.