Plaszów

Plaszów (pronounced ['pwa?uf]) was a Nazi German concentration camp in the southern suburb of Kraków, founded by the Nazis in Plaszów soon after the German invasion of Poland and the creation of the General Government. The construction of the camp, originally intended as a forced labour camp, began in summer 1940. Its first were homosexual prisoners. In 1941 the camp was extended and subsequently became a concentration camp with deportations of the Jews from the Kraków Ghetto beginning October 28, 1942. Commanding the camp was Amon Göth, an SS commandant from Vienna who was known for being uncommonly sadistic in his treatment of prisoners. On March 13, 1943, Göth personally oversaw the liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto, forcing its Jewish inhabitants deemed capable of work into the camp. Those deemed unfit for work were killed.
Amon Goeth was the bad guy in the movie Schindler's list apparently



A self-portrait of Raimund Titsch, the Austrian manager of Julius Madritch's factory in Plaszow.
Titch photographed in Plaszow, but never developed his film. In 1963 he gave it all to Prof. Pfefferberg, who had the canisters processed. He was recognized by Yad Vashem as one of the "Righteous Among The Nations" for his humane treatment of Jews.