On December 22nd 1942, during the height of the Second World War in Poland, Jewish resistance fighters from the ZOB underground attacked the Cyganeria cafe and assassinated eleven Nazi officers. The cafe was a well known hangout for Gestapo and Wehrmacht officers during the occupation and was targeted for this purpose.
If you walk through Krakow's Old Town today and reach Szpitalna 38 you will no longer find the cafe, but the building that housed it still stands and just out front is a prominent plaque commemorating this heroic act.
Cyganeria Cafe 1978. Ghetto Fighters House.
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