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Torah went forth from Kraków to the entire world{{Clarification needed}}, so much so that it was called "the Jerusalem of Poland"{{Source needed}}. | Torah went forth from Kraków to the entire world{{Clarification needed}}, so much so that it was called "the Jerusalem of Poland"{{Source needed}}. | ||
Great rabbis lived in Kraków, among them: [[ | Great rabbis lived in Kraków, among them: [[Maharsha]], [[Moses Isserles|Rema]], Rabbi Yaakov Pollak, Rabbi Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, and others... | ||
Before the [[Holocaust]], about 56,000 Jews lived in Kraków, most of whom were sent to the [[Auschwitz]] and [[Płaszów]] extermination camps. | Before the [[Holocaust]], about 56,000 Jews lived in Kraków, most of whom were sent to the [[Auschwitz]] and [[Płaszów]] extermination camps. | ||