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Nazi German Army Occupies Krakow
The Nazi German army occupies Krakow. -
Nazi occupied Poland
Hans Frank becomes Governor general. Krakow becomes both the administrative capital of the General Gov and of District Krakow within the General Gov. -
Require wearing star of David armband
Germany requires jews in ghettos to wear star of David arm band. -
Register Assets
All jews required to register assets to Nazis -
50K Jews moved
50 thousand jews moved to country side -
20 Thousand Jews moved
20 thousand jews moved to city ghetto. -
Forced Labour Camp
New first labour camp at krakow set up by SS police. -
Jews moved to killing center
Up to 7,000 Jews are transported by the SS and Police from the Krakow ghetto to the Belzec extermination camp through Plaszow. Almost 1,000 of these Jews are murdered by the Plaszow camp officials before the train starts its trip to Belzec. -
Major Deporting
6,000 Jews are sent to Plaszow by the SS and Police. 300 of the 600 people that are killed during the operation in the ghetto are youngsters. The SS transfers the vast majority of Jews on this truck to the Belzec death facility after selecting those most fit for labour. -
Resistance Group Forming
6,000 Jews are sent to Plaszow by the SS and Police. 300 of the 600 people that are killed during the operation in the ghetto are youngsters. The SS transfers the vast majority of Jews on this truck to the Belzec death facility after selecting those most fit for labour. -
Major Nazi Opperation
The Krakow ghetto is eliminated by the SS and police. A total of 2,000 more Jews, members and families of the Jewish council, and the Krakow ghetto police force are also transported to Plaszow by the SS during the operation. A further 3,000 Krakow Jews are transported by the SS and Police to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where the camp's administrators choose 499 men and 50 women for forced labour. The remainder, or around 2,450 persons, are gassed to death. -
Mass Shooting
Major shooting a labour camp virtually all workers dead. -
Creation of concentration camp
The Plaszow camp is taken over by the SS Economic and Administration Main Office, which transforms it into the Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp. The SS closes the last of the General Government's Jewish forced labour camps in Krakow and Radom and gathers the Jewish forced workers in Krakow-Plaszow. The SS also moves Hungarian Jews to Krakow-Plaszow in the spring of 1944. -
Nazis Flee Krakow
Hans Frank and his administration flee Krakow. -
Soviets Arrive
Soviets arrive in Krakow -
Jews Moved to Auschwitz
SS guards evacuate the last 636 jews from the camp to Auschwitz