The next morning I had a chance to observe the various views from our room ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080858 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080859 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080860 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080861 before we went down for breakfast and I filled my plate ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080862 as Suzanne filled hers ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080863 and she ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080864 and I posed for portraits ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080865 before I explored and found signs for the hotel on their patio. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080866 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080867 We greeted Mitch, Kathleen and Liam ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080868 before being introduced to the group and walking through our neighborhood ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080869 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080870 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080871 until we arrived at the gift shop ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080872 outside the Remuh Synagogue ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080873 and we made our way past the memorials ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080874 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080875 into the sanctuary ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080876 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080877 with the bemah in the middle ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080878 and the ark with Torah scrolls ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080879 and a poster above the bemah giving the words to the aliyah ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080880 as we left the bemah ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080881 and headed to the cemetery where we saw the grave stone of the famous Rebe complete with notes left and stones of visitors ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080882 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080883 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080884 and then explored the tombstones as ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080885 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080886 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080887 as our guide focused on our tombstone and explained the significance of what was written on it ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080888 and we then made our way through the cemetery ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080889 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080890 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080891 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080892 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080893 to the wall that was constructed of pieces of gravestones that had been broken by the Nazis. Note that the Nazis made no attempt to destroy the cemetery; instead they used it as a garbage dump because they knew this would be more insulting to the Jews. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080894 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080895 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080896 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080897 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080898 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080899 At the wall, I took some broad photos of the whole cemetery ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080900 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080901 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080902 and then saw some pieces of stones corresponding to Kahanim (and hence the hands). ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080903 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080904 on the way out, I recorded this sad memorial ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080905 and we headed to the town's memorial to the Jews who had perished ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080906 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080907 and the square (which is now filled with shops and restaurants largely owned by non-Jews) ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080908 and the synagogue ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080909 before capturing a final shot of the memorial ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080910 and heading across the river to this plaza where the chairs had a special significance as I was to learn ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080911 but first I noted this street scene which was the location of the resistance ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080912 as our group came onto the square which was at the heart of the ghetto ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080913 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080914 as we left this structure which had served as the police station for the Nazis who oversaw the ghetto ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080915 and it was here that I learned that the chairs were an art installation dedicated to those who had been killed by the Nazis ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080916 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080917 and we then walked down the street ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080918 and took the obligatory phone booth picture ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080919 before we came to this sign ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080920 defining the ghetto wall which had been made to look like tombstones to signify tot he Jews that this was their end. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080921 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080922 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080923 We were also shown windows that were bricked over as they were on buildings that were part of the ghetto and so could not have views to the outside ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080924 and as we walked ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080925 this sign seemed like an odd juxtaposition of the past and the present (or future) ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080926 and so we made our way to Oskar Schindler's factory ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080927 and saw the names of those he had saved ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080928 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080929 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080930 before entering the museum ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080931 noting the price guide ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080932 and having some water, it being a hot day, ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080933 and seeing the kosher statement (which had just expired) for the coffee. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080934

The museum traced the history of Poland and Krakow through the war beginning in 1939 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080935 as our tour guide explained the premise which we didn't grasp for a few rooms. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080936 We began with war gear ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080937 and uniforms ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080938 and then observed the German occupation ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080939 which caused Nazi flags to be hung everywhere ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080940 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080941 and statues to be destroyed, though part of this one was hidden ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080942 as this poster explained the situation ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080943 and we saw the first sign of Jewish rights being taken away ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080944 as we observed the trolley car ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080945 and heard about the professors at the local university being removed from their positions in an anti-intellectual campaign ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080946 as the Nazis took control as we noted by the floor ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080947 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080948 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080949 and wall decorations ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080950 as Mitch and Alice stood on the frightening floor ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080951 and we saw newsreels of the Nazis in power ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080952 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080953 and as we passed this sign ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080954 we read about the Jews being displaced ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080955 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080956 with sentences being carried out ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080957 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080958 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080959 and arm patched being worn ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080960 with the wall being constructed even as Passover was being celebrated ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080961 and visions of those who had faded from sight. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080962

Next we saw the pots that Schindler's factory had made ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080963 with the names of those he had saved ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080964 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080965 and the map over his desk ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080966 but the war effort was not going well for the Nazis ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080967 and these were the gifts possible for the last Christmas of the occupation ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080968 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080969 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080970 but then Stalin took over and things didn't improve enough. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080971

We were then escorted to a room that talked about choices ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080972 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080973 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080974 and another that defined various attributes before leaving the museum. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080975 On the way back to town, we crossed this bridge that gave both air and road surface temperatures ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080976 before we headed to the zapiekanka stand ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080977 where we saw pigeons ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080978 before approaching the stand ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080979 and choosing from a menu ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080980 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080981 first a vegetarian ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080982 and then a standard ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080983 which I recorded as I ate ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080984 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080985 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080986 and after noting the the Gallerie d' Art Naif was closed ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080987 we purchased some liquids and came home. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080988

After a rest, we went out for the group dinner with special menu ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080989 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080990 and before we ate, Tess sang opera for us ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080991 and then steak tartare arrived ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080992 with bread ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080993 salad ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080994 and salmon. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080995 Next came the soup ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080996 followed by the main courses of duck ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080997 sole ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080998 and pancakes ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1080999 with beets ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1090001 and followed by a dessert of raspberry cake. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1090002 ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1090003

After saying hello to Barry the videographer, we decided to call it a night. ../../../Sabbat/2011/07.03-21.11Europe2011/07.13-17.11Poland//P1090004