Amon Göth’s villa

Amon Göth’s villa is a historic building in Kraków, Małopolskie which is located on Wiktora Heltmana. Amon Göth’s villa is situated nearby to the community center Miejsce Aktywności Mieszkańców, as well as near the memorial Pomnik rozstrzelanych 10 września 1939 roku.

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Type: Historic building
Description: villa in Kraków, Poland
Address: Wiktora Heltmana 22, Kraków

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp and Hujowa Górka.

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 340 metres west of 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. Hujowa Górka is situated 250 metres southwest of Amon Göth’s villa.

Krakus Mound

Scenic viewpoint

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Krakus Mound or Kopiec Krakusa in Polish, also called the Krak Mound, is a tumulus located in the Podgórze district of Kraków, Poland; it is thought to be the resting place of Kraków's mythical founder, the legendary king Krakus. Krakus Mound is situated 1 km northwest of Amon Göth’s villa.

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.