Events with tag - Jagiellonian University

May 12, 1364

Founding of the Krakow Academy

The Krakow Academy, founded by King Casimir the Great on May 12, 1364, was the second university in Central Europe. The institution was established in response to Poland's growing educational needs and aimed to educate the country's intellectual elite. It consisted of three faculties: Liberal Arts, Law, and Medicine.

November 6, 1939

Sonderaktion Krakau

Operation Sonderaktion Krakau was a brutal action carried out by Nazi Germany on November 6, 1939, in Kraków, during which 183 academics were arrested, mainly from the Jagiellonian University. This event was part of the occupier's broader plan aimed at destroying Polish intelligentsia and culture. Most of the arrested were sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where 15 professors lost their lives.