It’s a moving tribute to Oskar Schindler and the people he saved. You’ll hear how his choices, small and large, meant the difference between life and death. His legacy is not isolated but woven into the broader narrative of a city under siege, where courage could shine even in the darkest times.

Highlights: 

Understand daily life in Nazi-occupied Kraków beyond Schindler’s story

See original artifacts and authentic reconstructions from the 1940s

Learn how Kraków’s Jewish and non-Jewish residents endured the war

View the preserved Ghetto Walls that marked the enclosure

Stop at the Under the Eagle Pharmacy and its stories of help (no entry)

Guided by an expert, you will leave with a deeper understanding of how one man’s defiance against brutality left a mark that continues to inspire the world.

                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Itinerary:

Schindler Factory Museum / 1h30min / Admision Ticket Included

Visit Schindler’s Enamel Factory, today one of Kraków’s most visited and moving museums, and step into the story of a man whose actions made history. With a licensed expert guide, you’ll explore the acclaimed exhibition “Kraków under Nazi Occupation 1939–1945” through the lens of Oskar Schindler’s extraordinary life.

This is the place where Schindler employed Jewish workers and used his position, influence, and resources to protect them from deportation. More than a thousand men and women survived thanks to his courage and determination. As you walk through the exibition, your guide will bring to life the stories of those he saved, often called “Schindlerjuden,” whose testimony continues to resonate across generations.

Photographs, personal objects, and reconstructed streets show the fear, uncertainty, and daily struggles faced by the city’s inhabitants. Within this backdrop of oppression, Schindler’s story emerges as one of humanity and hope.

Ghetto Walls / 20min / Admission Ticket Free

The walking part of the tour begins among the remnants of the Kraków Ghetto. Walking deeper into the district, you stop by Józefińska 41, once home to an orphanage, welfare offices, and a hospital—all vital lifelines within the ghetto walls. The preserved fragments of those walls remain a stark reminder of confinement, separation, and loss.

Ghetto Heroes Square / 20 min / Admission Ticket Free

At Ghetto Heroes Square, today marked by the symbolic Chair Memorial, you’ll learn how this open space became the site of round-ups and deportations to concentration camps. 

Eagle Pharmacy / 20min / Admission Ticket Not Included

Across the square stands the Under the Eagle Pharmacy, where Tadeusz Pankiewicz and his staff risked everything to aid Jewish residents, offering medicine, shelter, and hope.

Meeting point: Lipowa 4, 32-051 Krakow, Poland.  Meet your guide in front of the main entrance to the Schindler’s Factory Museum, on the right-hand side. They will hold an Schindler`s Factory Guided Tour sign. sign. (click to go to the Google maps)  

End point:  Apteka pod Orlem, Plac Bohaterow Getta 18, 33-332 Kraków, Poland

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