Schindler Factory - Krakow, Poland
N 50° 02.850 E 019° 57.707
34U E 425668 N 5544428
Krakow’s fabled Oskar Schindler's Factory of Enameled Vessels ‘Emalia’ has been turned into a modern museum devoted to the wartime experiences in Krakow under the five-year Nazi occupation during the World War II.
Waymark Code: WMQ162
Location: Małopolskie, Poland
Date Posted: 11/27/2015
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The museum takes up the sprawling administration building of the defunct plant at 4 Lipowa street, in the city’s grim industrial district of Zablocie on the right bank of Wisla river. Ingenious exhibitions combine period artifacts, photos and documents with multimedia and set-piece arrangements in an attempt to create a full-immersion experience.
Oskar Schindler, his factory, and the fate of its Jewish workforce feature prominently in the museum. Roughly a sixth of the museum’s permanent exhibition is dedicated to them. The rest shows prewar Krakow, the German invasion in 1939, Krakow as the capital of Poland under the Nazi occupation, the sorrows of everyday living in the occupied city, family life, the wartime history of Krakow Jews, the resistance movement, the underground Polish state, and lastly the Soviet capture of the city.
Theme:
World War II
Street Address:
Fabryka Schindlera, ul. Lipowa 4, 30-702 Krakow, Poland.
Food Court: no
Gift Shop: yes
Hours of Operation:
From April 1st through October 31st the museum in Oscar Schindler’s Factory is open on weekends, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and on Mondays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. with the exception of the first Monday of every month when the museum closes at 2 pm.
November through March the museum of Oscar Schindler’s Factory opens at 10 am and closes at 6 p.m. every day except Mondays when it's open from 10 a.m. to 2 pm.
Note: visitors aren't let in later than ninety minutes before the closing time.
Cost: 19.00 (listed in local currency)
Museum Size: Small
Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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