Oskar Schindler Museum

One of the more interesting sites I took in was the City Museum of Krakow located at the enamel factor owned by Oskar Schindler. This factory, which was the subject of Spielberg's movie, was the home to almost 1100 Jews during the Holocaust. And while I'd like to believe Schindler hired the Jews out of a desire to fight back against the government, the museum highlighted that it was mostly done because the Jews provided a quality labor force that was extremely cheap. By the 1940's, Schindler had gained a reputation in Germany as willing to make a buck in any way possible.

While Schindler's life was a major focus of the museum, it also told the story of life in Krakow during the Nazi occupation during WWII, including the renaming of the city square to Adolf Hitler Platz.