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Schindler's List (1993)

Where Schindler's List says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The Kraków ghetto square is a Kazimierz street, the Płaszów camp was rebuilt in a quarry, and the Auschwitz scene stands outside the gate.

Scenes and places

Schindler takes over the enamel factory

Schindler arrives in Kraków hoping to make a fortune, bribes officials and acquires an enamelware factory. He hires the Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern, whose contacts and administration make the business run.

Set in Schindler's enamelware factory (DEF), Lipowa Street — The enamelware factory Schindler acquires and staffs with Jewish workers. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A former enamel works in the Zabłocie district that is now a museum, with the desk and stairs from the set on display.

Filmed at Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory, Lipowa 4 (Podgórze · Lipowa Street, Kraków, Poland) — Exterior shots and the scenes on the factory stairs were filmed here at the real factory. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Similar enamelware facility, Olkusz (Olkusz, Kraków, Poland) — Interior shots of the factory were filmed at a similar facility in Olkusz. The coordinates are the town, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Schindler's apartment and new wealth

Schindler enjoys his new wealth and status, keeping friendly relations with the Nazis. His life is still about money, not yet about the workers.

Set in Schindler's Kraków apartment — Where Schindler lives the high life of a newly rich industrialist.

The film's apartment was shot at Straszewskiego 7 in Kazimierz according to the district's article; no coordinates are given there.

The Kraków ghetto and its liquidation

Göth orders the ghetto liquidated: two thousand Jews are sent to Płaszów and two thousand are killed in the streets. Schindler watches the massacre and is profoundly affected; it starts to change what he wants from the war.

Set in Plac Zgody, Kraków Ghetto (today Ghetto Heroes Square) — The central square of the Kraków Ghetto where Jews were gathered. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The real Plac Zgody lies in Podgórze; its wartime name is why the film uses it for the ghetto.

Filmed at Szeroka Street, Kazimierz (Kazimierz · Szeroka Street, Kraków, Poland) — The film's "Plac Zgody" was shot here. The coordinates are the middle of the street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Płaszów camp, rebuilt in a quarry

Göth arrives to oversee construction of the Płaszów camp, and Schindler keeps him friendly with bribes. To protect his workers he bribes Göth into allowing a sub-camp at his factory, then plans with Stern a list of people to move to Brünnlitz instead of Auschwitz.

Set in Płaszów concentration camp — The labour and concentration camp run by Amon Göth. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The real camp area is now a nature preserve; the film used the neighbouring Liban Quarry, itself once a labour camp.

Filmed at Liban Quarry, Kraków (Podgórze · Liban Quarry, Kraków, Poland) — The Płaszów camp was reconstructed here, because modern high-rise apartments were visible from the original site. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The train to Auschwitz-Birkenau

The women and girls on the train to Brünnlitz are mistakenly sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Schindler bribes the commandant, Rudolf Höss, for their release.

Set in Auschwitz-Birkenau — The camp where the women and girls arrive by mistake. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The real Birkenau is a state museum; the film's replica sat just outside its entrance.

Filmed at Replica camp entrance outside Birkenau (Oświęcim · Birkenau, Kraków, Poland) — A replica of part of the camp was built just outside the real entrance for the scene where the train arrives. The coordinates are Birkenau itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The new factory at Brünnlitz

At the new factory Schindler forbids the SS guards from entering the production area without permission. He encourages the Jewish workers to observe the Sabbath.

Set in Schindler's munitions factory, Brünnlitz — The factory near Schindler's hometown where he moves his workers. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A munitions factory Schindler plans near his hometown of Zwittau.

Filmed at Jakuba–Ciemna intersection, Kazimierz (Kazimierz, Kraków, Poland) — Leopold Pfefferberg on an empty street Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Szeroka Street police station, Kazimierz (Kazimierz · Szeroka Street, Kraków, Poland) — The ghetto hospital Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Oskar Schindler — A German Nazi Party member who arrives in Kraków to make a fortune and ends up trying to save his workers.
• Itzhak Stern — The Jewish official Schindler hires to run the factory's administration.
• Amon Göth — The SS officer who oversees the Płaszów camp.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was the Kraków ghetto square really filmed?
• Where was the Płaszów camp rebuilt for the film?
• Was Schindler's factory in the film one place or two?