Black March
On this day in 1941, the occupying Nazi regime opened a ghetto for Cracow's Jews. 41, 000 Jews had already been resettled in other cities, and now those that remained were compelled to move into a small area at the heart of the Podgorze district, which lay on the southern bank of the river.
Over 15, 000 Jews were crowded into an area that had previously housed 3,000 people. They were given two weeks to resettle. A ghetto wall was created to encircle the area.
Two years later this month, the ghetto was liquidated. By that stage, several thousand Jews had already been deported to concentration camps.
On March 13th this month there will be a Remembrance March to commemorate the liquidation of the ghetto. The meeting place will be the Apteka Pod Orlem (The Pharmacy Under The Eagle) on Plac Bohatterow Ghetta, midday.