Krakow,Poland Day 3 Jewish Quarter, Jewish Ghetto, Schindler's Factory

Day 3 of Kraków, Poland 
We started by walking to the Jewish Quarter which was about 10 minute from our hotel. It’s kind of neat the way we came into the Quarter was by a Cemetery and the fence that surrounded that Cemetery was made up of menorahs. Very cool. The Jewish Quarter hasn’t changed since before the war. The walls are falling apart, and the paint is chipping. It really was very sad to see this area. We got to see one of the oldest synagogues and one of the synagogues thus was turned into a book store. It is still a book store today. 
We got to do some shopping at the center market lots of old war items and I (Tina) loved seeing all the old cameras. They had some local arts and crafts as well. 
One of the coolest places we got to visit was The Ghetto Heroes Square. It's also known as "The Empty Chairs Memorial.  It is located Plac Bohaterow Getta which use to be Plac Zgody.  The memorial had Seventy bronze chairs in various sizes.  The chairs represent all the chairs left behind by the soon to be prisoners of Aushwitz.  Residence in the Getto had just minutes to collect as many belongs as they could carry.  When the prisoners were taken their were thousands, of chairs left behind.  So today this memorial is a reminder of all those "Empty Chairs."
We had reservations to see the Schindler’s Factory at 1pm in the Jewish Ghetto setup by the Nazis during their occupation of Kraków. There are 45 different exhibits at the museum and the majority had different floors some with Swastika flags, tile, Gravel, leather, old wood, poorly laid concrete, it was just beautifully done. Each of the corridors were interactive and told the story of everyday life 1939-1945 There were lots of personal stories some heartbreaking some you were cheering for their happy times also the history of the war. We got to watch a documentary about the workers of Schindler’s Factory. Specifically three people's story. It was so enlightening. 
A little history about Oskar Schindler; he is former NSDAP member and a military agent, he arrived in Kraków in 1939. He quickly grew his income thanks to a kitchenware shop, of which he became a trustee. For the money he earned he bought the enamel factory at Lipowa 4, where he employed, protected, and fed the workers, both Poles and Jews, their only hot meal of the day soup with some kind of meat. Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews.
We picked Kayden up from the Apartment and went for Part 2 of the Day The Wieliczka Salt Mines.

Chandler's new favorite Breakfast.  Poached Egg Sandwich.

The Ghetto was so crowded with people.  Many times these little houses had
four  families living together. 

The Menorah fence. 

The Ghetto Heroes Square

The Ghetto Heroes Square

The Ghetto Heroes Square

This was the Synagog that was turned into a book store. 

Beautiful  Jewish mural on the way to the bookstore. 

The old Synagog 

The inside of the Synagog turned into a book store. 

Another beautiful Menorah 

One of the oldest Synagogs in Krakow. 

Part of the City wall.

We stopped to look at our map and when I looked up I saw this light cover made out of lighters.
It was petty cool.  As I looked down the street several light covers were made of lighters. 

You can see how old and run down the houses are. So very SAD.

Love exploring with these three. 

Brooklyn and Chandler thought we should take another bike tour.
Alas, these bikes don't move.  Boo!