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Enchanting Kraków

Though it may sound odd to say, one visits Krakow, and the region around it, both for what didn’t happen there during World War II … and for what did . Unlike many of Europe’s great cities, Krakow was largely spared the devastating bombing raids that laid waste to large parts of Dresden, London, Berlin, and other cities. FULL STORY

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