Where They Went

Schindler's List (1993)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

A German businessman comes to occupied Kraków to profit from Jewish labour and ends up spending his fortune to move more than a thousand workers out of the Płaszów camp to his factory in Moravia.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Kraków, Poland
    ≈ 00:01:00
    Stated on screen

    As Jews are registered in Kraków, Schindler courts SS officers and enlists the accountant Stern to set up his business.

  2. 2Deutsche Emailwarenfabrik
    Oskar Schindler's Enamel Factory (Emalia), Kraków
    ≈ 00:20:00
    Stated on screen

    Schindler's enamelware factory fills with cheap Jewish workers, which Stern uses to shield people.

  3. 3Liquidation of the ghetto
    Kraków Ghetto, Podgórze
    ≈ 00:58:00
    Stated on screen

    From a hilltop Schindler watches the SS clear the ghetto and notices a little girl in a red coat.

  4. 4Amon Göth's camp
    Płaszów concentration camp, Kraków
    ≈ 01:15:00
    Stated on screen
  5. 5New factory in Moravia
    Brünnlitz (Brněnec), Czech Republic
    ≈ 02:30:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6Women's train diverted
    Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oświęcim
    ≈ 02:35:00
    Stated on screen
  7. 7End of the war
    Brünnlitz (Brněnec), Czech Republic
    ≈ 02:45:00
    Stated on screen

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
898 km
Places
6
Countries
2
Stops
7
  • Not shown: 449 km
  • Train: 447 km
  • On foot: 1.6 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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