Hujowa Górka

Hujowa Górka is a place near the site of Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp, where in April 1944 the Nazis exhumed and incinerated the bodies of around ten thousand previously killed Jews, to hide the evidence of the crime before retreating from the area.

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Type: Cross
Description: Place in Poland, related to Holocaust
Also known as: “Hujowa Gorka”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp and Amon Göth’s villa.

Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp

Memorial

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Plaszow, officially named Plaszow concentration camp near Krakow, was a German Nazi concentration camp operated by the SS in the area of Podgórze and Wola Duchacka near Płaszów, a southern suburb of Kraków, in the General Governorate of German-occupied Poland. Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp is situated 270 metres northwest of Hujowa Górka.

Amon Göth’s villa

Historic building

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Amon Göth’s villa is a historic building, which is situated 250 metres northeast of Hujowa Górka.

Podgórski cmentarz żydowski nowy

Cemetery

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Podgórski cmentarz żydowski nowy is a cemetery, which is situated 270 metres north of Hujowa Górka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonarka and South Kraków.

Bonarka

Locality

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Bonarka is a locality.

South Kraków

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Southern part of Kraków consists of six districts. Most interesting are Podgórze and Dębniki, located on the Vistula river bank opposite the Old Town. Districts further south are mainly residential.