Visit Oskar Schindler's factory in Krakow with skip-line ticket

To dive into the history of Krakow and the Jewish ghetto that was there, you are offered a guided tour of the Schindler factory, and without queued!

Krakow is a city where history is more present than elsewhere. More recent than elsewhere. While it is possible to visit Auschwitz another visit allows us to understand in part what happened here during the Second World War.

When you hear about the name Schindler, the connection with the film by Steven Spielberg is almost automatic, isn’t it? And if you could now visit the famous Oskar Schindler factory While discovering the incredible story of this entrepreneur who saved more than 1200 lives during the Nazi Occupation?

This has made you possible in Krakow, the city where the Schindler factory is located!

An unreal and yet true story

This is certainly one of the most moving stories related to the Second World War. Indeed, more than 1200 Jews owe their survival thanks to the action of one individual, in the person of Oskar Schindler.

This German industrialist who was a member of the Nazi party won a lot of money thanks to his kitchen utensils factory located in Krakow, in the Podgórze district, then Jewish ghetto at the time.

This fortune allowed him to hire hundreds and hundreds of people, and to feed them. The singularity of this fact is that the Nazi German helped save Jews who then worked for the Nazi business leader. This whole story is traced back to the Oskar Schindler factory, which was later transformed into a museum.

Discover a sensational exhibition

How can we not be moved in front of such an adventure? By visiting Oskar Schindler’s factory, you’ll go back to the fantastic story of this extraordinary rescue, you can admire everyday objects and some of the memories of this singular man. It should be noted that a reconstruction of Oskar Schindler’s office was carried out. With a skip-the-line ticket, you will be able to avoid endless queues and be able to enjoy as soon as possible a visit to the permanent exhibition « Krakow under Nazi Occupation, 1939-1945 » .

Finally, this visit to the Oskar Schindler factory is an excellent opportunity to familiarize yourself with the lives of the Jews of Krakow during this period and to deepen your knowledge about the Second World War.

This visit thanks to the cut-file ticket lasts about 2 hours during which you will be transported to another time, an era that was yet real and that is now far from us.

With this visit to the Schindler factory, it is also an opportunity to rediscover the line of history by discovering an occupied Krakow, to understand the omnipresence of the Nazi Germans who worked to erase the Polish identity.

The scenography created in the Schindler factory is amazing, especially thanks to the narrow mazes that give this impression of oppression and loss of marks.

The Schindler Museum Factory is a very well-documented place, but above all that has a pedagogical vocation: opened in 2010 after years of meticulous preparations, located near the old concentration camp of Plaszów, the museum let you enter the world of a sensational man who changed the life of more than a thousand men.

Visit the Schindler factory: prices

Oskar Schindler’s museum factory is located in 4, ul. Lipowa .

From November to March, the museum visits Monday from 10am to 2pm. From Tuesday to Sunday, the museum is open from 10am to 6pm. From April to October, the museum visits from 10am to 4pm. From Tuesday to Sunday, the museum is open from 9am to 8pm. Every first Monday of the month, the museum opens at 2pm.

The single entrance is 21 PLN (€4.80). The guided tour with a guide in English is 85 PLN per group (19,50€) + the ticket price.

The line ticket for the guided tour of the Schindler factory is 15€ per person, and you can book it online (see the button at the top of the article). Note that entry to the Schindler factory is included in the Krakow Card .

Main photo credit: Flickr – muppetspanker