Guided Tours

Schindler's Factory and Former Ghetto Guided Tour

Get a closer look into history as you walk down Schindler’s Factory, where more than 1000 Jews lived, and were forced into labour. This Factory supplied arms to the German Army for World War II.

Highlights

Go back in time as you explore Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory- a forced labour camp.
Witness the lives and sufferings of Jewish people forced to work in the factory in extreme work conditions.
Walk around in the streets of Podgórze, the place where the Jewish Ghetto was.
Wander in the Ghetto and get to enter a Jewish apartment in it.
Visit the exhibition in the administrative building of the factory-that showcases the ill fate of Polish and Jewish inhabitants of Krakow.

Inclusions

Professional tour guide
A ticket to the museum Schindler's Factory

Cancellation policy

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

Reviews

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Amanda

4/5

Oct, 2024

Our guide around Schindler's factory was extremely knowledgeable which made the tour very interesting. We felt that there were too many in the group which made it difficult for us all to get in some rooms together. The nature of the building lends itself to smaller groups. We went on the Ghetto tour with the same guide and found the tour extremely interesting and thought provoking.

Michele

4/5

Sep, 2024

Very informative and gut-wrenching. I appreciated getting to walk around the Old Jewish Ghetto afterwards. The Chairs in the Square were particularly haunting and affective.

Rosa

5/5

Aug, 2024

The tour of the factory and the former Jewish ghetto was very interesting, the guide Agnieszska masterfully and passionately led us through the history of the places we visited, part of Krakow, and it was exciting.

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Florence

4/5

Aug, 2024

The guided tour of the Museum was very interesting. It was less crowded than Auschwitz and the Salt Mine, and the tour group was smaller (there were 10 of us). The explanations given by our guide, Margot , were very clear and helped us to better understand the content on display. Please note, however, that this is not a museum about Schindler alone, but rather about the history of Krakow's Jews, which in no way detracts from the interest of the visit, which allows us to understand the context of Schindler's List. I recommend watching Spielberg's film again before the visit. For the visit to the ghetto after the Museum, we were lucky enough to be the only ones with my partner to go on. Margot showed us in town what we wouldn't have seen on our own, and her explanations and our exchanges were rich. Many thanks to her!

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Peter

5/5

Aug, 2024

Magda did an absolutely wonderful job. She spoke clearly, was very knowledgeable on the history, and was pleasant to be around. I could not recommend her more. 10/10!

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Your Experience

Walk the corridors of Schindler’s Enamel Factory- a forced labour camp. Even though it was a forced labour camp, the food portion provided to the Jewish labourers was more than that in the other labour camps. Learn more about the history of Jewish and Polish inhabitants of Krakow during World War II. This exhibition is in the Administrative Building of the Enamel Factory. Your guide will let you in on the history and facts of everything that took place here at the Factory as you explore it.

Walk through the streets of Podgórze, where the Ghetto used to be. Learn about how more than 15,000 Jews were made to stay within the boundaries of the Ghetto in extreme living conditions.

In the Ghetto, visit a Jewish apartment to learn more about the lives lived by the Jewish people forced to live here.

The Steven Spielberg movie Schindler's List brings out the essence of how Oskar Schindler employed more than 1000 Jews in his Enamel Factory before they could be taken to the Holocaust.

Get an insight into the experiences of the Jewish people who lived in the Ghetto as you explore it with your tour guide.

Know Before You Go

Important Information

It is a group tour, a group has a maximum of 15 people.

Itinerary

Guided tour of the museum: 1.5 h
Guided walk in the Ghetto area: 1 h

Timings

English-Guided Tour

Daily: 12pm

German-Guided Tour

Wed, Fri & Sun: 11am

Spanish-Guided Tour

Tue & Sat: 11am

French-Guided Tour

Thu & Sun: 11am

My tickets

Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.
Please arrive at the meeting point 5 minutes before the scheduled time of your visit to avoid any delays.

Meeting Point

Meet your guide with "excursions.city" sign, near the main entrance of the Museum (Fabryka Emalia Oskara Schindlera)
Address: Lipowa 4, 30-702 Kraków, Poland

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