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“Blindfolded Eros” Sculpture
This striking sculpture is the Eros Bendato by Polish artist Igor Mitoraj, located in Krakow near the historic Market Square and Town Hall Tower. The sculpture was created in 1999 and has become one of the city’s recognizable modern artistic landmarks. The massive bronze head lies broken and bandaged, with hollow eyes and damaged features. Like much […]
Women’s Camp at Auschwitz – Oswiecim, Poland
Marty and I had a private tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum so that we could take our time in each location, stop when we needed to and absorb the enormity of what happened there. There are few places we have ever visited that felt as haunting as this place. From the moment you walk through the […]
Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto
The Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto, confronts history. Standing in the heart of the Warsaw Jewish ghetto, this monument carries a weight that is impossible to ignore. Unveiled in 1948, the monument commemorates the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, one of the most extraordinary acts of resistance during the Holocaust. In April of 1943, as the remaining […]
Jan Karski
While walking through Warsaw, I came upon a bronze monument that drew my attention. Unlike many statues where the figure stands high on a pedestal, this one shows a man quietly seated in a chair, holding a document in his hand. The plaque tells the story of Jan Karski, one of the most remarkable witnesses of […]
Oskar Schindler’s Museum
While visiting Krakow, we made our way to this powerful museum: Oskar Schindler’s Factory. Of course, his story had already been etched into public memory through the Oscar-winning film Schindler’s List, but standing in the actual factory where so much of that history unfolded brought a different weight to the story. The Oskar Schindler’s Museum […]
Warsaw Ghetto
Today, Warsaw Poland is a rebuilt and thriving city. Walking around the city, there are powerful reminders of its history. Nowhere is this more evident than along the boundary markers of the former Warsaw Ghetto. These modest markers trace the outline of what was once the largest Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe. In November […]
Ghetto Heroes Square
In 2019, we visited Ghetto Heroes Square in Krakow, a wide-open public square that today holds striking memorial installations. Scattered across the space are dozens of oversized bronze chairs: simple, empty, and haunting. The installation, created in 2005 by Lewicki and Latak, stands as a memorial to the Jewish residents of the Krakow Ghetto who once lived […]
