Heltmana

Heltmana is a locality in Kraków, Małopolskie. Heltmana is situated nearby to the quarter Kabel, as well as near the locality Wola Duchacka Zachód.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hujowa Górka and Amon Göth’s villa.

Hujowa Górka

Cross

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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.

Amon Göth’s villa

Historic building

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Amon Göth’s villa is a historic building.

Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp

Memorial

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Płaszów, officially named Płaszów concentration camp near Kraków, 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.

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.