tags: Pictures, Poland
Poland - Płaszów Concentration Camp
August 24th, 2004, by Rich.
This is the site of the Płaszów concentration camp (phonetically pw-ash-ov) which lies 20 minutes walk south of central Krakow. A set based on the camp’s plans was reconstructed and featured extensively in the movie Schindler’s List. To the right of the panorama is a villa used by the camp’s commander, Amon Göth.
May 17th, 2005 at 12:49 am
Ye, it was the campcommander his house, Ive been there on the 16th may 2005 with a taxidriver, he took me on a Private Schindler tour.
November 29th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Upon visiting the site I was very disappointed to see the state it was in, but nonetheless you are still shcoked by the vast area, the bits and pieces of the camp that are left behind and the feeling around the site.
It was late in the afternoon we visited and it was getting dark, but there was certainly an eerie atmosphere to the area, and you can still see the grey house that once housed an attachment of SS officers. Amon Goeth’s villa still stands and, unbelievably, both houses are inhabited by locals! There is also a tall memorial dedicated to the people who lost their lives there.
The camp itself is mostly covered in litter; nappies, beer cans, rubbish, matresses from the homeless who live in the mine caves. This is very upsetting to see and it is as if the place has been forgotten about by the city. I wish someone who take more care of it. Especially poignant is the small grave stones you will see doted here and there that have been erected by the families of those who were murdered here.
A must see site, but very sad and can be upsetting to see it’s state now. But please visit it.
Amanda