Plaszow Concentration Camp
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Extended: Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp, Cracow, currently on the territory of Poland
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The Płaszów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpwaʂuf]) or Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Plaszow) was a Nazi German labour and concentration camp built by the SS in Płaszów, a southern suburb of Kraków (now part of Podgórze district), soon after the German invasion of Poland and the subsequent creation of the semi-colonial General Government district across occupied south-central Poland.
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Płaszów Concentration Camp in Kraków (Poland)
The Płaszów Concentration Camp on the southern outskirts of Kraków. The infamous site saw 150,000 prisoners go through it, predominantly from Lesser Poland, Hungary, Slovakia - some later sent to Auschwitz. The site appears empty, forgotten, surrounded by houses. Left there to stand, yet its existence has not rotten away.
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Plaszow Concentration Camp today in 4K: Complete tour
My cinematic trailer of the Plaszow Concentration Camp. The whole footage has been taken in May 2018 within four hours of an extensive walking along all the main sites of the Plaszow camp.
The territory of the former Plaszow concentration camp, best known to public thanks to the iconic “ Schindler's List” movie, today serves a memorial park with the outlines of the original buildings and some pre-war constructions. These are the main sites, shown in my video on Plaszow Labor Camp:
''Sorting'' facilities
Plaszow main gate
SS officer's club
Commandant's office
SS Barracks
Gray (Old) House
Ruins of the funeral parlor of the Jewish cemetery
Old Jewish Cemetery
Apellplatz (Roll-call area)
''C Dolek'' place of execution
''Hujeva Horka'' place of execution
Plaszow granite quarry
Monument to the victims of the 1939 execution
Monument to Sarah Schenirer
Villa of Amon Goeth
My article on visiting Plaszow Concentration camp today (2018)
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Short story of german's Concentration Camp KL Plaszow - Kraków-Płaszów
Short documentary film about history of former German’s Concentrarion Camp KL Plaszow located in Poland in the middle of Polish city, Krakow. During World War II in the camp Germans killed a few thousands of people. Nowadays history of the camp is forgotten.
Scriptwriter, cinematographer, editor: Adrian Łapczyński
Drone: Rafał Chmielarski
Krakow Ghetto & Plaszow Concentration Camp May 2012
Krakow ghetto today in 4K (2018) Visual tour
In May 2018 I've visited Krakow, Poland and succeeded in my personal detailed walking tour through the famous WW2 sites, such as Plaszow Concentration Camp, Kazimierz district, DEF factory and the Krakow ghetto, which has become well-known after the Schindler's list movie.
In this short 4K montage I've combined 20+ main sites of the former Krakow ghetto. Ghetto Heroes Square, Krakow ghetto Pharmacy, Judenrat offices, ghetto police, and prison, Julius Madritsch's factory, fragments of the ghetto wall, and others.
My detailed article on this Krakow ghetto walking tour:
[3D] Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp, Cracow, currently on the territory of Poland
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The Płaszów (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpwaʂuf]) or Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Plaszow) was a Nazi German labour and concentration camp built by the SS in Płaszów, a southern suburb of Kraków (now part of Podgórze district), soon after the German invasion of Poland and the subsequent creation of the semi-colonial General Government district across occupied south-central Poland.
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Exploring Nazi Death Camp (film location) Liban Quarry, Poland
One of the creepiest, most forgotten places in Kraków (Poland), the Liban Quarry is a confusing mix of industrial business, Nazi death camp and film history.
Used as the Płaszów concentration camp set for Steven Spielberg's Oscar winning film 'Schindler's List' remnants of the set fall into decay along with the limekilns used for the processing of quicklime.
It's important to note that the Liban Quarry WAS used as a forced-labour camp during 1942-44 whereas Spielberg used this location as the set of the Płaszów concentration camp, which was located nearby but not used by Spielberg out of respect.
I recommend watching the film prior to exploring this place. I wish I had seen the film before I went (I watched it on the flight home) and I feel I missed out on what the quarry can represent.
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Płaszów concentration camp stone quarry in Kraków, Poland
The quarry where prisoners would work at Płaszów concentration camp in Kraków, Poland. This forced labour camp is the one featured in Steven Spielberg's film Schindler's List. The ruins are now a nature preserve in the Podgórze district of the city.
I lived in a concrete block building across the street from the Płaszów concentration camp for 5 months in 2015 from July to December. This video was taken November 2nd 2015. Despite it's terrible past, nature has begun to take over and the area is popular for hiking, walking dogs and picnics. It is filled with birds and I even found some bat houses made of wood high in the trees. The remains of a tragic place are now tranquil and a place for reflection on the past and hopes for a more peaceful future.
Poland/Krakow/Oświęcim (Auschwitz I) Part 19
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Auschwitz I
After this part of Poland was annexed by Nazi Germany, Oświęcim (Auschwitz) was located administratively in Germany, Province of Upper Silesia, Regierungsbezirk Kattowitz, Landkreis Bielitz. It was first suggested as a site for a concentration camp for Polish prisoners by SS-Oberführer Arpad Wigand, an aide to Higher SS and Police Leader for Silesia, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski. Bach-Zelewski had been searching for a site to house prisoners in the Silesia region, as the local prisons were filled to capacity. Richard Glücks, head of the Concentration Camps Inspectorate, sent former Sachsenhausen concentration camp commandant Walter Eisfeld to inspect the site, which already held sixteen dilapidated one-story buildings that had once served as an Austrian and later Polish Army barracks and a camp for transient workers. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, head of the Schutzstaffel (SS), approved the site in April 1940, intending to use the facility to house political prisoners. SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) Rudolf Höss oversaw the development of the camp and served as the first commandant. SS-Obersturmführer (senior lieutenant) Josef Kramer was appointed Höss's deputy. Auschwitz I, the original camp, became the administrative center for the whole complex.
Local residents were evicted, including 1,200 people who lived in shacks around the barracks. Around 300 Jewish residents of Oświęcim were brought in to lay foundations. From 1940 to 1941, 17,000 Polish and Jewish residents of the western districts of Oświęcim were expelled from places adjacent to the camp. The Germans also ordered expulsions of Poles from the villages of Broszkowice, Babice, Brzezinka, Rajsko, Pławy, Harmęże, Bór, and Budy to the General Government. German citizens were offered tax concessions and other benefits if they would relocate to the area. By October 1943, more than 6,000 Reich Germans had arrived. The Nazis planned to build a model modern residential area for incoming Germans, including schools, playing fields, and other amenities. Some of the plans went forward, including the construction of several hundred apartments, but many were never fully implemented. Basic amenities such as water and sewage disposal were inadequate, and water-borne illnesses were commonplace.
The first prisoners (30 German criminal prisoners from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp) arrived in May 1940, intended to act as functionaries within the prison system. The first mass transport to Auschwitz concentration camp, which included Catholic prisoners, suspected members of the resistance, and 20 Jews, arrived from the prison in Tarnów, Poland, on June 14, 1940. They were interned in the former building of the Polish Tobacco Monopoly, adjacent to the site, until the camp was ready.
The inmate population grew quickly as the camp absorbed Poland's intelligentsia and dissidents, including the Polish underground resistance. By March 1941, 10,900 were imprisoned there, most of them Poles. By the end of 1940, the SS had confiscated land in the surrounding area to create a 40-square-kilometre (15 sq mi) zone of interest surrounded by a double ring of electrified barbed wire fences and watchtowers. Like other Nazi concentration camps, the gates to Auschwitz I displayed the motto Arbeit macht frei (Work brings freedom).Wikipedia
'Poland during nazi occupation' photos from Warsaw, Krakow, Auschwitz - Birkenau and Plaszow
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Amon Göth: The Butcher of Plaszów
Schindler's list camp filmshoot location - Back to concentration camp Plaszow set - Liban Quarry
Hey everyone, Last year I made a tour to Krakow and also visited the kind of scary place: Liban Quarry, the palce Spielberg filmed the Plaszow concentration camp parts.
Some parts are still standing and I tried to make this video as detailed as possible to give you the best overview of the place.
I will also add a detailed video soon about how to get to this place safe and sound without searching for hours ;)
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Płaszów Nazi Concentration Camp Monument - Plaszow Kraków
This monument is located on a hill where mass executions were done by the Nazis. It's located on the grounds of the former Płaszów Concentration Camp in Cracow and like all other such places it's real sad. The camp was known for its notorious commander Amon Göth. See more travel to memorial places in Europe on our channel! See Amon Göth's villa and Schindler's List villa here: and .
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Amon Goeth
Göth and Goeth redirect here; see Goeth (surname) for a discussion of this and related surnames.
Amon Leopold Göth pronounced [ˈɡøːt] (spelled in some English sources as Goeth) (11 December 1908 – 13 September 1946) was an Austrian SS-Hauptsturmführer (captain) and the commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp in Płaszów in German-occupied Poland during World War II. He was tried as a war criminal after the war by the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland at Kraków and was found guilty of personally ordering the imprisonment, torture, and extermination of individuals and groups of people. He was also convicted of homicide, the first such conviction at a war crimes trial, for personally killing, maiming and torturing a substantial, albeit unidentified number of people. He was executed by hanging not far from the former site of the Płaszów camp. The film Schindler's List (1993) depicts his practice of shooting camp internees.
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Schindler's List film locations 2017 & Krakow ghetto locations including Plaszow
Schindler's List film locations 2017 & Krakow ghetto locations including Plaszow. Location maps included for reference.
The Krakow Ghetto
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CRACOW CONCENTRATION CAMP PLASZOW POLAND
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The camp of Plaszow was originally designed to be a work camp. However, like many other Nazi camps, shortages of food existed, prisoners starved or were worked to death, or summarily shot for no reason. The camp had been opened in 1942. More than 150,000 civilians were held prisoner in Plaszow.