Ołtarz Wita Stwosza
Behind the high altar of St. Mary’s Basilica in Kraków you find the Ołtarz Wita Stwosza—also called the St. Mary’s Altar—widely regarded as Poland’s national treasure and one of the largest Gothic altarpieces. Its maker is Veit Stoss, a German-born sculptor better known in Polish as Wit Stwosz, who carved it between 1477 and 1489 and lived and worked in Kraków for more than 20 years. The altarpiece’s story turns sharply in World War II. In 1941, under German occupation, it had been dismantled and its key statues and panels were removed on orders connected to Hans Frank, the Governor-General of occupied Poland. The pieces were hidden in the basement of the heavily bombed Nuremberg Castle and survived the assault on the city. …
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