Annual March of Remembrance is a sign of memory about the centuries long Jewish history of our city: about people who created it, about the world that finished to exist in the flames of the Holocaust. The March is a tribute to one quarter of pre-war Krakow’s population, that was sentenced to death only because they were Jewish. In the context of the rebirth of Jewish life in Krakow, the March has gained additional meaning: it shows the continuity of the Jewish life in our city and like nothing else shows the victory of life over death.

This year Marc will start on Sunday, March 9th at 12.00 noon, at the Ghetto Heroes Square in Krakow. 

The March will be hosted by:
Aleksander Miszalski, Mayor of Krakow
Helena Jakubowicz, President of the Jewish Community in Krakow
Janusz Makuch, President of the Jewish Culture Festival Association, JCF Director

Program Marszu:
12.00 – placing flowers at the memorial plaque at 6 Bohaterów Getta Square
12.05 – the official part – Ghetto Heroes Square (next to the Museum Apteka pod Orłem).
12.30 – march from the Ghetto Heroes Square  along the streets: Na Zjeździe, Lwowska (placing flowers at the remnants of the ghetto walls), Limanowskiego, Wielicka, Jerozolimska, Abrahama, towards the memorial of murdered Jews
13.15 – prayers at the monument (rabbi Boaz Gadka, Kuba Lewinger)
13.45 – for those willing – departure of the free bus from the bus stop Makowa 02 (at Kamieńskiego Street, access by steps down from the main monument)

The March of Remembrance is organized by the Jewish Culture Festival Association, in cooperation with the Cracow Mayor’s Office. Partners: The Jewish Community of Krakow, the Union of Krakowians in Israel and the Plaszow KL Museum.