This memorial honors the victims of the Krakow Ghetto during the Holocaust. Located in the heart of Krakow, the memorial consists of a sculpture of a weeping woman, surrounded by a wall inscribed with the names of those who perished in the Ghetto. The memorial serves as a
The Kraków Ghetto, officially named the Jewish Residential District in Krakow, was one of five major metropolitan Nazi ghettos created by Germany in the new General Government territory during the German occupation of Poland in World War II. It was established for the purpose of exploitation, terror, and persecution of local Polish Jews. The ghetto was later used as a staging area for separating the "able workers" from those to be deported to extermination camps in Operation Reinhard. The ghetto was liquidated between June 1942 and March 1943, with most of its inhabitants deported to the Belzec extermination camp as well as to Płaszów slave-labor camp, and Auschwitz concentration camp, 60 kilometres (37 mi) rail distance.