Explore Kraków’s former ghetto with an expert guide: Judenrat, Ghetto Heroes Square, Under the Eagle Pharmacy, orphanage, and Ghetto Walls.

Discover Kraków’s former ghetto in Podgórze on a guided walk with an expert local guide, starting on the Vistula river bank, which once divided the historic Jewish quarter of Kazimierz from the wartime ghetto. The first stop is Józefińska 14, once home to the Judenrat, the Jewish Council under Nazi rule. From there you continue to Ghetto Heroes Square, the heart of the ghetto, where deportations to extermination camps took place. Today the square is marked by the symbolic Chair Memorial, each chair representing lives lost.
Across the square stands the Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff courageously aided ghetto residents, preserving medicine and hope. A short walk away is Józefińska 41, a building that housed the Jewish orphanage, a welfare office, and the ghetto hospital, all central to daily survival in this confined district.
Next are the remains of the Ghetto Walls, a stark reminder of the tight enclosure that once separated ghetto residents from the rest of the city.
The walk then leads to Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory on Lipowa Street. It was here that Schindler employed and protected over a thousand Jewish workers, saving them from deportation. Today the factory houses a museum dedicated to the wartime history of Kraków and the fate of its Jewish community.
This route connects the most important places of memory, combining moving stories of courage, tragedy, and resilience. It helps visitors understand daily life in the ghetto and the extraordinary efforts of those who risked everything to save others.

Meeting point: ul. Mostowa 14, in front of Chinkalnia Restaurant (click to go to the Google maps)
Endpoint: ul. Lipowa 4
Length: ~1.5 km 
Duration: 1  hour