This was part of Central Europe - Day 2 馃嚨馃嚤 馃敆.
I joined the World War II in Krak贸w walking tour at 10:30 AM and we started at the Cross of Katy艅 placed in the 1990s to remember the tragedy of Katyn in 1940, when thousands of Polish citizens lost their lives. We sat around on the benches in the park and our guide told us about the impact of World War II in Krak贸w and the impact of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia on Poland and Krak贸w.
We passed by Oskar Schindler’s house and stopped at The Archaeological Museum in Krak贸w, the oldest archaeological museum in Poland and learnt about its history and the exhibits it houses.
Moving forward, we passed by the Matka Bo偶a 艁askawa, Our Lady of Graces statue and saw the Zau艂ek Estreichera, an alley / courtyard with the busts of Karol Estreicher and Julian Aleksandrowicz, Antoni K臋pi艅ski and King Casimir the Great.
We also saw the Church of St. Anne, one of the leading examples of Polish Baroque architecture.
Our last stop was the Gestapo headquarters in Krak贸w. The Gestapo was the Nazi Secret State Police and one of the main tools used by the fascists to exterminate the Jews and to imprison Poles and other nationalities that did not share their political ideals. The main highlights there were the old cells where the Gestapo would interrogate their prisoners. We could still see the engravings made by the prisoners on the filthy walls that demonstrate the ordeal they suffered.
