krakow -on mymind

While Kazimierz still evokes its Jewish past, it is estimated that fewer than 200 Jews are living in the whole of Krakow today. The Nazis had corralled some 17,000 of its residents into a nearby ghetto before shipping most of them off to Auschwitz and Birkenau, about 40 miles west of the city. About seven synagogues remain, but they serve more as cultural attractions than houses of worship.

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http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/travel/27next-1.html?em&ex=1180497600&en=4db5197d75370124&ei=5087%0A