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Krakow-Plaszow concentration camp

Obóz Koncentracyjny Kraków-Płaszów

Area of former camp is now grass fields and hills with one large stone monument commemorating the victims. Also the villa of Amon Göth, the commandant of the camp, is still standing. See Holocaust remembrance for context.

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