Day 233, 22 February 2013, Krakow, Poland. Waking Tour of Kazimierz (Jewish Quarter) and Podgorze (the Ghetto). Pictured you see Selection Square in Podgorze, where the Jewish ghetto was until the final liquidation. Even allowing for the insistent snow and -5 C. temperature, this was a bone-chilling place to stand. A doctor whose home and practice was on the corner of this square wrote an account of what he had seen during the two selections that were held here and during the final liquidation. It was when our guide, Anna, was speaking of these historical events that we particularly noticed the euphemisms that litter Poland's history - perhaps so people can move on - "selection", "liquidation". It was a fascinating and blood curdling tour through Kazimierz, the original Jewish district which their culture had flourished for centuries and then over the river to Podgorze, where the ghetto was established. We viewed the remaining synagogues which serve the 300 or so Jews still living in Krakow. We visited the old meat market in Wolnica square and finished the tour by walking through driving snow and icy wind from Selection Square to Oscar Schindler's factory. The remains of which are now a modern museum. We could only imagine the hellish misery of walking that same path in rags, frozen, starving and sure each day was your last. An interesting day. As was yesterday's story of the Katyn massacre (22,000 Polish nationals and officers murdered by the Soviet NKVD in 1940). It would be easy to allow oneself to be swamped by the misery of history in Krakow - but it seems to have a wonderful spirit, still, and the high proportion of young people and students has made it a pleasure to visit.