March of Remembrance
When the German high command announced in 1940 that Krakow was to become the ‘cleanest’ city in occupied Poland they were not talking about sweeping the streets.
A year later, in March 1941, the Krakow Ghetto was established; just 30 streets became home to almost 15,000 of the city’s Jews.
In 1942, the occupying Nazi forces began moving the ghetto’s inhabitants to extermination and labour camps. The final liquidation came on March 13 and 14 1943, when thousands were transported to the Plaszow camp. Many others were sent to Auschwitz, or murdered in their homes or on the streets of the ghetto.
This year, the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the ghetto and the 68th of its liquidation will be marked on March 13. There will be a march from Plac Bohaterów Getta, beginning at noon, and a film screening on the wall of the Temple Synagogue at Miodowa 24 (6pm).