Think of Krakow, Poland, and your mind may be filled with conflicting images: The country’s transformation in the 21st century, its centuries-old architecture, the horrors of the Holocaust and years behind the iron curtain after Poland was liberated by the Soviet Army in World War II. These conflicting images fuse into the reality of modern Krakow, a city on the mend from decades of difficulties that started with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939 and began to recede in 1989 with the fall of communism in Poland. Krakow honors its past even as it looks forward to a future of renewal.
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