Guided visit
The Jewish cemeteries in Podgórze
Date: August 11, 2022 (Thursday), 5.30 p. m. Place: the Grey House, 3 Jerozolimska Street Price: 15 PLN Booking: edukacja@plaszow.org
Description:
KL Plaszow was established on the grounds 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 participants in the guided tour will be offered the opportunity to discover the history of both necropolises, the scale and consequences of their wartime devastation, and the forms of their commemoration that can (or cannot) be observed in physical space. The visitors will be introduced to Jewish religious law (halakha), explaining the importance and role of cemeteries in Jewish tradition. Also, selected types of epigraphs that can be found on headstones (known as matzevot) will be discussed with their symbolism explained.
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REMEMBRANCE / ZACHOR
Annually on the first Sunday of August inhabitants of Kraków meet to commemorate the prisoners of KL Plaszow, to tell the history with their words. Fragments of witness accounts, quotes, excerpts from memoirs read by the participants illustrate the history of this site.
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