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Historical Film Footage


Moving into the Krakow ghetto

Krakow, Poland, 1941
[Silent, 1:28]

The German army occupied Krakow, Poland, in September 1939. In March 1941, the Germans ordered the establishment of a ghetto in Krakow. In this footage, Polish Jews are forced to move into the Krakow ghetto. They wear the required armbands, used to distinguish the Jewish population from the rest of the city's residents. By late 1941, there were some 18,000 Jews imprisoned in the Krakow ghetto.

— National Center for Jewish Film

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