Plan it right, and you leave Poland with a deeper understanding of history, its victims, and your own responsibility as a witness.

Discover the historic charm of Kraków, one of Poland’s most beautiful and culturally rich cities. Known for its stunning medieval architecture, vibrant old town, and deep-rooted history, Kraków is a ...

KRAKOW, Poland — The notes of the trumpeter high in a famed belfry tumble down, followed by a portentous silence. The notes, briefly, float once more. To most of those dining, shopping, or strolling ...

Book Description: Like most cities, Poland's Kraków developed around and because of its favorable geography. Before Warsaw, Kraków served as Poland's capital for half a millennium. It has functioned ...

Krakow used to be a mecca for Poland’s Jews, a center of cosmopolitanism and Jewish life in what was Europe’s most heavily Jewish country. Now that there are few Jews left in Poland, Krakow still ...

There’s much more to Krakow’s Jewish history than is depicted in Holocaust films. Indeed, when the city’s Tempel Synagogue was being built between 1860 and 1862, Jewish life already had been thriving ...

When my husband first suggested going to Krakow, Poland, for our joint 25th anniversary and (my) 55th birthday trip, I have to admit, I wasn’t too excited. Krakow, really? I mean, Poland doesn’t ...