Plac Zgody, Kraków
Otherwise known as Ghetto Heroes Square, this is the main square in the World War 2 Jewish ghetto. Here in 1943 the Jewish population were rounded up and forcibly moved to a nearby labour camp, Plaszow. Those who couldn't work were deported to Auschwitz.
This memorial comprising oversized steel chairs was inaugurated on December 8th 2005. By Kraków architects Piotr Lewicki and Kazimierz Latak, each chair symbolises 1000 victims. The Jews were forced to bring and leave behind all their belongings in the square. Chairs were the only portable furniture it was possible to carry.
Plac Zgody, Kraków
Otherwise known as Ghetto Heroes Square, this is the main square in the World War 2 Jewish ghetto. Here in 1943 the Jewish population were rounded up and forcibly moved to a nearby labour camp, Plaszow. Those who couldn't work were deported to Auschwitz.
This memorial comprising oversized steel chairs was inaugurated on December 8th 2005. By Kraków architects Piotr Lewicki and Kazimierz Latak, each chair symbolises 1000 victims. The Jews were forced to bring and leave behind all their belongings in the square. Chairs were the only portable furniture it was possible to carry.