June 20, 2026

What grim historical designation did both Kraków and Piotrków Trybunalski share during World War II?

A Nazi concentration camps
B Jewish ghettos in Europe
C Katyn massacre
D Battle of Waterloo

The first large Jewish ghetto in Europe during World War II was set up in Piotrków Trybunalski on 8 October 1939, followed by the Lodz Ghetto and the Warsaw Ghetto. In Kraków, the creation of the Kraków Ghetto forced ethnic Polish families out of their homes, and later Nazi Operation Reinhard deported Jews to extermination camps.

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