Krakow in black and white

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Christian Herrmann under Jewish Cemeteries, Western Galicia

Today I received the scans of the films shot during the recent trip to Krakow. Without further comments I post here a first selection of pictures. They were taken on a foggy day at the two Jewish cemeteries of the city and at the site of former Plaszow concentration camp. If you like to learn more about the trip you should read the posts from October 30 and November 1.

Krakow – Old Jewish Cemetery

Krakow – New Jewish Cemetery

Krakow – Plaszow concentration camp site

In The Mist

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Christian Herrmann under Western Galicia

Podgorze is the other Krakow. West of Vistula river – opposite the old town – there are no magnificent old buildings, no picturesque places and no cozy cafes for locals and tourists. Severity hangs over the houses from the 19th century and the interwar period. Many facades are blackened by the smoke of industry, some house are empty – the windows boarded up. Podgorze is the district in which the Nazis established a ghetto – for its Jewish inhabitants it was the beginning of the end. Further west is Plaszow, the territory of a former concentration camp.