Krakow is a major Polish city and came under Nazi rule in 1939. The city had a large Jewish population. In January 1941 the Krakow Jews were forced to live in a ghetto walled off from the rest of the city. Later, the inhabitants of the Krakow Ghetto were transported to Belzec, Plaszow and later to Auschwitz, which is only about 30 miles away. Oskar Schindler employed cheap labor from the Krakow Ghetto ... and this has made it particularly well known.
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Some words associated with the Holocaust that start with K are:killingKrakow Ghetto (Poland)Krakow-Plaszow concentration campKristallnachtField Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
In 1941-45 the personnel directly involved the Holocaust was generally about 60,000. One needs to add those involved in 'sniffing out' Jews and transporting them to camps. There were also various material resources.
The Holocaust would not have happened were it not for the war. The war not only promoted the conditions to produce the Holocaust, but it also provided a shroud to cover the actions produced in the Holocaust.
Plaszow is near Krakow, in Poland.
Hans Frank