Salt mine, Kazimierz & Shindler's list

To be in the salt mine of Wieliczka was an interesting experience...

They started producing salt in the 13th century and stopped in 2007...

I have walked there for 2 hours and there was much much more to be explored. However, it is not allowed for tourists...

You can read more about the salt mine here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine

Kazimierz is the Jewish district of Krakow. The Nazis tried to preserve that place because they wanted to tell the new German generations how they had destroyed the Jews culture and how it looked like. But they could not do it and currently we have Kaimierz which is full of heritage...

The Jewish ghetto (during the 2nd World War) was established in Podgorze district that is very close to Kazimierz...

The Schindler's factory is in Podgorze as well and you can visit a nice museum where will show you how the life was during that hard period...

Steven Spielberg used those areas to make Schindler's list...

It is in Kazimiers that you can find the most important synagogues of Krakow...

The old Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue that was built in 1407 or 1492 but it is not in active use anymore because currenlty it is a museum...

The Remuh Synagogue is the only synagogue in the city to remain in active use. It dates from the 16th century and includes an original ark and a fine cemetery with many old tombstones.

And also Kazimierz is the district where the famous Helena Rubistein was born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helena_Rubinstein

Now I leave you here with these links...

And you can keep investigating and reading more about Salt mine, Kazimierz & Shindler's list if you like...

Fabio
Krakow