KL Plaszow memorial site
A tour that combines the history of Memorial site with the subjects of today‘s research projects, accounts of witnesses, and actions taken to commemorate KL Plaszow.
Education
Staff members of the KL Plaszow Museum implement educational programs, including open thematic meetings (see the Events section), guided tours of the Memorial site for visitor groups, remote classes for school pupils, volunteering and educational projects.
The former KL Plaszow area can be visited individually, with a hired guide or as part of meetings organized by the Museum. The KL Plaszow Museum offers guided tours in Polish and English. Guided tours in other languages can be arranged in advance with our Educational Department (email: edukacja@plaszow.org). The Museum also offers liaison with city-licensed tourist guides qualified to show visitors around the Memory Trail.
Estimated sightseeing time, depending on the program selected, is 2 to 3 hours. To obtain detailed information about classes, organized activities and about their booking, please contact us at: edukacja@plaszow.org
The former KL Plaszow area can be visited individually, with a hired guide or as part of meetings organized by the Museum. The KL Plaszow Museum offers guided tours in Polish and English. Guided tours in other languages can be arranged in advance with our Educational Department (email: edukacja@plaszow.org). The Museum also offers liaison with city-licensed tourist guides qualified to show visitors around the Memory Trail.
Estimated sightseeing time, depending on the program selected, is 2 to 3 hours. To obtain detailed information about classes, organized activities and about their booking, please contact us at: edukacja@plaszow.org
Visitor groups
The KL Plaszow Museum offers tours intended for visitor groups with a tourist guide speaking Polish or English. Guided tours in other languages can be arranged in advance with our Educational Department (email: edukacja@plaszow.org). The Museum also offers liaison with licensed tourist guides qualified to show visitors around KL Plaszow.
Depending on the sightseeing program selected, a visit to the Memorial site can last from 1.5 to about 3 hours.
Depending on the sightseeing program selected, a visit to the Memorial site can last from 1.5 to about 3 hours.
- Additional information for school groups
A visit to the KL Plaszow Memorial site is aimed both to make young people familiar with the history of the former Plaszow camp, and to broaden their knowledge of Kraków and its citizens during the occupation. Although focused on the time of World War II, the narration conveys the full complexity of the site’s history. The archive pre-war photographs, maps and 3D models give the school pupils a complete picture of the subject matter, and their visit to the Memorial site, focused not only on the war narrative, will be an experience that develops awareness rather than causing emotional trauma. The guided tour program is developed in line with the curriculum for senior primary school grades, considering the emotional sensitivity and age of participants.
We encourage teachers to conduct a lesson introducing young people to the topics of World War II and the Holocaust. Educational materials prepared by the Museum may be helpful, such as ‘KL Plaszow. 4 km distant from Kraków’s Main Square’, available in the tab: Education –> Educational Materials.
Considering the character of the site and type of contents presented, we recommend that the participants be aged 14 or over.
The Museum is included in the ‘Get to Know Poland’ program promoted by the Ministry of Education and Science.
We encourage teachers to conduct a lesson introducing young people to the topics of World War II and Holocaust. Educational materials prepared by the Museum may be helpful, such as “KL Plaszow. 4 km distant from Kraków’s Main Square”, available in the tab: Education –> Educational Materials, or directly by clicking here.
Considering the character of the site and type of contents presented, we recommend that the participants be aged 14 or more.
The Museum is included in the programme “Get to Know Poland” promoted by the Ministry of Education and Science.
The history of KL Plaszow
The route is aimed to discover the history of KL Plaszow and the historical and current topography of the Memorial site.
Archaeology in the memorial site
Archaeological research conducted in the area of former German Nazi camp Plaszow in recent years revealed numerous personal belongings of its prisoners and victims.
Photo(topo)graphy of KL Plaszow
The tour is aimed to explain the space of KL Plaszow captured in historical photographs, and its relation to the present.
The Jewish cemeteries in Podgórze
The participants in the guided tour will be offered the opportunity to discover the history of two Jewish cemeteries (the old cemetery used by the Jewish Religious Community of Podgórze, and the new cemetery used by the Jewish Religious Community of Kraków), the scale and consequences of their wartime devastation, and the forms of their commemoration that can (or cannot) be observed in physical space.
Plaszow monuments (1947–1964–2020)
The tour focuses on the commemoration process, and on meanings of the monuments that commemorate World War II in the Memorial site and generally in Podgórze.
