The city of Krakow in Poland was home to a large Jewish community before World War II.
But with the arrival of the Nazis many of its Jews were deported, or fled. Then in 1941 a Jewish ghetto was built.
This programme begins with a deeply disturbing recollection.
Photo: Dr Ludwik Zurowski
Published on Wednesday, 2nd March 2011.
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