Kraków · Lesser Poland
The empty chairs ask us to slow down before we start taking photographs. We would read the square together with the Eagle Pharmacy museum and leave room for its account of the ghetto.
Plac Bohaterów Getta
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Before your visit
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Poland · History · Memorials
Visit Ghetto Heroes Square with care: learn about Kraków’s wartime ghetto, the chair memorial and the nearby Eagle Pharmacy through our photographs.
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Our views of Ghetto Heroes Square, with the capture date and a caption beside each photograph.
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The open square and surrounding frontages. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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The neighbouring pavement and railings. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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One memorial chair in the open paving. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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The chairs across the paved square. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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Buildings around the memorial square. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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A group of chairs above the stone plinth. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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The pale building beside the square. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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Windows above the pharmacy frontage. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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The square beside its boundary railing. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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A broad view across the square. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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The open space towards the opposite frontage. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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The former pharmacy building at the edge. Ghetto Heroes Square.
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