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Cracow Jewish Community Print Page 
The Kraków Ghetto was one of five major, metropolitan Jewish ghettos created by Nazi Germany in the new General Government territory during the German occupation of Poland in World War Two. It was established for the purpose of exploitation, terror, and persecution of local Polish Jews, as well as the staging area for separating the "able workers" from those who would later be deemed unworthy of life. The Ghetto was liquidated between June 1942 and March 1943, with most of its inhabitants sent to their deaths at Bełżec extermination camp as well as Płaszów slave-labour camp and Auschwitz concentration camp, 60 kilometres (37 mi) rail distance.
The Holocaust was a genocide in which Adolf Hitler'`s Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews. The victims included 1.5 million children and represented about two-thirds of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe. Some definitions of the Holocaust include the additional five million non-Jewish victims of Nazi mass murders bringing the total to about 11 million.
Location
| Address: | 50 Browns Road, Melbourne Chevra Kadisha Springvale Cemetery, Noble Park North, 3174 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | Foreign |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.945607 Long: 145.187837 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Genocide |
| Designer: | Michael Schnall |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 20th February, 1983 |
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[ Inscription in Hebrew ]
Memorial
In honour of Cracow Jewish Community perished in the Holocaust
1939 - 1945
Hebrew Hebrew
5705 5699
Plaque :
This monument is a memorial to much loved family of survivors of Cracow who perished in the Holocaust,
These plaques honour survivors from Cracow who renewed their lives and settled in Melbourne
Plaque :
Project made possible by the following families
[ Names ]
Consecreated on the 40th anniversary of destruction of Cracow Ghetto
Melbourne February 1983
Adar 5753 (Hebrew)
( Hebrew )
In loving memory of our families who perished in the Holocaust
1939 1945
The Unknown Family
( Series of plaques listing family names )
Plaque :
In memory of Michael Schnall
1957 - 1983
Designer of this monument
Plaque :
( Hebrew )
Interred here is earth from Crcow (Plaszow Concentration Camp) mass grave
M.T . D. S. R. I. P.
7 Adar 5743 20th FebEB 1983
