Plac Bohaterów Getta (Heroes of the Ghetto Square) in Cracow, summer 2014

We went to the Plac Bohaterów Getta today in Podgórze. In the corner of the square is the Pharmacy Museum we previously visited.  The empty chairs on the square are there to commemorate the lives of those lost in the ghetto during WWII. This square was the site of deportations and executions during the war. The square was inside the ghetto walls.

Note the building in the background with the years 1941-43. That was the time period of all those killings and deportations in the ghetto.

There is a sign on the square that describes what happened here.

An outdoor exhibit on the square grabbed my attention. Its focus was on Jan Karski, a Polish "hero" during WWII. It is the anniversary of Karski's birth this year of 2014.  I had not heard of him before.

I took photos of the texts so you can see what it is all about.

I must look up the book he wrote about Poland from 1918-45. This man was very interesting and surely had much to tell.