When Krakow's Podgorze district became the site of the Jewish Ghetto for Krakow's huge Jewish population, many Germans moved into the area to attempt to profit from the Nazi invasion of Poland. Oskar Schindler was such a man, but in the end he came to save the lives of over 1,100 Jews that worked in his factory, often at great risk to his own life and at personal expense. Schindler's factory is at the moment in the process of becoming a museum, but if you slip the guard a fiver you can likely get inside and view the old buildings.
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