Kazimierz description and photos - Poland: Krakow (Topic)

Kazimierz description and photos - Poland: Krakow. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Kazimierz.

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Kazimierz, today a district of Krakow, once an independent city, testifies to the historically established good-neighborly relations between Jews and Poles. It housed Jewish public, cultural, artistic and sports organizations, political parties representing Jews in parliament.

The spiritual life of the Krakow Jews was concentrated in Kazimierz. They prayed in six orthodox synagogues (Stara, Remu, Wysoka, Isaac, Popper, Kupa) and in the Tempel synagogue, which was run by the commune; in addition, there were many prayer houses belonging to religious organizations and private individuals. With the arrival of the Nazis in December 1939, Jews were taken out to the Podgorze area, where a ghetto arose in 1941, from where they had only one road - to the gas chambers of Brzezinka and Auschwitz (Osiwecym).

Some buildings survived or were restored after the war. For example, the Isaac synagogue, built by Italian architects in the 17th century with money from the banker Isaac Yakubovich, was restored in the postwar years. A documentary film about the history of Krakow Jews is shown here, as well as evenings of Jewish music and art exhibitions.

The Remu Synagogue was built in 1553 and is a functioning synagogue. There is a Jewish cemetery not far from it.

Kazimierz is also home to the magnificent Church of the Body of the Lord, founded in 1340 by Casimir the Great himself. In the 15th century, a monastery was built nearby and the temple came under its jurisdiction.

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