Płaszow

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Krakow-Płaszow train station along the PKP rail line 112

Płaszow is a suburb of Krakow , Poland , now part of Podgorze district. Formerly a separate village, it became a part of the Greater Krakow in 1911 under the Austrian Partition of Poland as the 21st cadastral district of the city. During World War II , it was the location of Krakow-Płaszow concentration camp for Jews deported from the Krakow Ghetto , as well as other prisoners from across occupied Poland . [1]

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  1. ^ Plaszow Concentration Camp hosted by Krakow-Poland.com retrieved from the Internet Archive , 16 November 2013.
  • Atlas Miasta Krakowa (collective work of Institute of Geography of the Jagiellonian University ), Polskie Przedsi?biorstwo Wydawnictw Kartograficznych, 1988, ISBN   83-7000-067-3 .

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  • Media related to Płaszow at Wikimedia Commons