The center of the district was the site of extreme human suffering and systematic liquidation:
: The district was established following the partition of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Centrum dystryktu
Kraków was designated as the capital of the General Government, making it the most significant administrative hub in occupied Poland. The center of the district was the site
: The ghetto was liquidated on March 13–14, 1943. Approximately 2,000 Jews were shot in the streets, 2,000 were sent to the Płaszów concentration camp , and 3,000 were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau . Modern Memorialization 1943. Approximately 2