Krakow

Moving along... A five hour bus ride ride south through the Polish countryside brought us to Krakow - a large city which actually was not bombed by the Nazis.  It is a university town and 20% of the population are students.  Most of us have seen Schindler's List and so we are familiar with the round up of the Jews into the Kracow Ghetto and the eventual liquidation of that Ghetto to the death camp.

Here's Marc, fully wired for sound, and about to tour Kracow-

I know we looked at cemetery photos yesterday, but this story is amazing.  Outside of the Remuh Synagogue, which survived the war (after being occupied by Nazi troops) sits the Remuh Cemetery.

Before the Nazis invaded Kracow, the Jews took all these gravestones and laid them down then covered them with dirt.  The Nazis stored all kinds on things on top of these graves, never knowing what was below.  After the war, the markers were re-erected above the graves.  Broken stones formed this wall--

Next we went to Schindler's Factory, which is actually a large WWII museum of the history of Kracow during the war.  Schindler's List plays a small part in the museum, but the larger history puts the Schindler story in greater context.  Our guide was a passionate and articulate young man who truly presented a good picture of the plight of Kracow's Jews and the occupation by the Nazi barbarians.

The blogger with Schindler's pots.

Marc with the names of Schindler's workers