Kraków Old Town
Wartime
### Wartime

On 6 September 1939, German forces entered Kraków. The city became the capital of the [General Government](/wiki/General_Government "General Government"). The oppression of Jews began and a [concentration camp](/wiki/Concentration_camp "Concentration camp") was created in [Plaszow](/wiki/Plaszow "Plaszow"). The Old Town was plundered and many works of art were stolen. Museums, schools and theatres were closed. Professors were arrested. Jewish synagogues were devastated, despoiled of ceremonial objects and turned into storehouses for ammunition, firefighting equipment and Nazi general storage sites.

On 18 January 1945, the [Soviet](/wiki/Soviet_Union "Soviet Union") forces of the [2nd Ukrainian Front](/wiki/2nd_Ukrainian_Front "2nd Ukrainian Front") under the command of Marshal [Ivan Konev](/wiki/Ivan_Konev "Ivan Konev") entered Kraków and forced the German army to withdraw. Kraków emerged as a city in the newly established [People's Republic of Poland](/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland "People's Republic of Poland").


Who was the capital of after German forces entered Kraków?