Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik (DEF) or Enamel Factory which now houses, in 45 rooms, the exhibition entitled "Krakow under Nazi Occupation 1939-1945." It tells the story of Krakow itself and of the fate of its Jewish and Polish residents during the Second World War.
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| Signs on the exterior of the building. |
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| Photos above of Nazis buying souvenirs and being amused when Orthodox Jews' dreadlocks and sideburns were cut off; below their acting as tourists! |
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| A 'Death Poster' as the Jews referred to them; they listed all the Jews murdered the previous day. The names were also constantly read over loudspeakers in an attempt to keep Jews in line. |
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| Tram sign saying 'No Jews on Tram.' |
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| Disquieting exhibit because they kept going around and around, almost as if they were keeping pace with the Germans marching. |
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| Just in case you didn't notice the floor in the preceding photo.  Correspondence from Krakow residents in concentration camps. |
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| This sign was, for me, among the most distrubing of all the signs in Jewish museums we've seen so far this trip. I hope I will remember it the next time I'm inclined to say 'I'm starving.' |
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| The Nazis forced Jewish stonemasons to build the top of the Ghetto Wall in the same shape as the top of Jewish tombstones. |
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| The Room of Choices: A structural installation symbolizing the various ethical dilemmas and attitudes one could encounter during a war. How profoundly scary and thought provoking. |
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| A minute fraction of the plunder of Jewish belonings by the Nazis. |
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| Studio portaits of more than a thousand Jewsish DEF workers saved by Schindler. |
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