The Krakow Ghetto

Witness History: World War Two history - A podcast by BBC World Service

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The city of Krakow in Poland was home to a large Jewish community before World War II. But with the arrival of the Nazis many of its Jews were deported, or fled. Then in 1941 a Jewish ghetto was built.This programme begins with a deeply disturbing recollection.Photo: Dr Ludwik Zurowski