Krakow's Historical Museum at Pomorska Street Krakow's Historical Museum at Pomorska Street No Data

Description


Billed as being about the history of Kraków from 1939 to the 1950's. I was expecting quite a bit on the war, but it is almost the whole of the museum, and makes for a very sobering and depressing museum. Not helped by the fact the museum history ends with the suffering people suffered after the war under Soviet control. The museum is housed in the building that, during the war, was the headquarters of the Gestapo. You can go into the small block that was used as cells to hold prisoners in. It is a thought provoking, but very emotionally draining experience as you realise that many of the markings and scratchings made on the walls were the last words that people wrote before they were either executed or died under torture minutes later.

Charge


Charge, Free with a Krakow Tourist Card

Getting There


Latitude: 50.062759; Longitude: 19.936516
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Photos


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Web Link


www.mhk.pl/english/oddzialy_pomorska.php
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (02/06/2006), and on time of last update (06/06/2006) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.