Great Mikveh

The synagogue and adjoining Jewish Cemetery with the grave of Moses Isserles.

Was one of the most splendid buildings in Kazimierz, devastated during the Nazi occupation. Today a cultural centre with workshops on dance, art classes, lectures, film screenings, etc.

Old Jewish cemetery of Kraków. Located next to Remuh Synagogue was established in 1535. It closed when the new cemetery at Miodowa was opened in year 1800. The most notable person buried at Remuh Cemetery is Rabbi Moses Isserles, others include rabbis of the Jewish communities in Vienna, in Prague and in Kraków and heads of Kraków Talmudic Academy. During Nazi occupation the place was destroyed and tombstones reused as paving stones (in Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp). After the war restoration of the cemetery was attempted, but not many tombstones could be found and today only small fraction of the monuments stands again.

Also called Hospital or Poor Synagogue as these were the people it mostly served. After the war it was a warehouse and shoe factory. Today, it is one of the venues for religious ceremonies and cultural festivals, including the Jewish Culture Festival.

Built in the 17th century, it was considered the most beautiful synagogue in Krakow. After the war it was a theater, warehouse and sculpture workshop. Since the 1980s, it has been renovated and serves as Jewish Education Centre. Since 2007 it has also been used for religious purposes.

Built in the 15th century, the synagogue is the oldest still standing in Poland. It was ransacked by the Nazis during World War II and was renovated between 1956 and 1959. It is now as a museum documenting Jewish life in Kraków.