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Piwniczna-Zdrój Jewish Memorial

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Piwniczna-Zdrój Jewish Memorial

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    February 12, 2020

    There is a small memorial along the trail - it is at the location where a synagogue and mikvah once stood.

    More info on individual Piwniczna Jews:
    sztetl.org.pl/en/towns/p/904-piwniczna-zdroj/107-lists-of-names/84880-wspomnienia-mieszkancow-miasta-na-temat-losow-czlonkow-rodzin-zydowskich-zamieszkujacych-piwniczna

      February 12, 2020

      It is known with certainty that Jews did not start coming to the city until the 18th century, obtaining permission to buy houses and other real estate, build taverns, sell alcohol & sell goods. Jewish settlement began to favor the development of the city, but it also became the cause of socio-economic conflicts arising due to significant competition in business, and in particular in trade. The Jews came to the leading positions in trade and sale of liquors, and skillfully and quickly adapted to the changes taking place. This situation, which was normal from an economic point of view, probably became the reason for the opposition of the inhabitants who demanded that King August III remove Jews from Piwniczna completely in 1749. The consequence of this was to prohibit Jews, under the threat of confiscation of property, purchase of real estate, sale of goods and liquors, excluding fairs and fairs.
      The intensification of Jewish activity in Piwniczna took place only in the 19th century, manifesting itself in the rebuilding of trade position. At that time, Jews founded numerous shops and taverns. They were also frequent leaseholders of city propination. The nineteenth century Piwniczna was dominated by the second wave of Jewish settlement, associated with the grant of patents tolerant to Jews living within the Austrian Empire, and from 1867 to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. From 1862, the Piwniczna city statistics show a systematic increase in the population of Jewish nationality. The Jewish population never constituted more than 7.5% of the city's population.
      In the 19th century, Orthodox Jews and Hasidic Jews dominated among the Jews from Piwniczna. Only the members of the Abloeser family and other wealthier Jews were followers of the Haskalah.
      Piwniczna can be included in the row of small towns called in Yiddish as "shtetl". The town had a characteristic urban layout, and in terms of population was characterized by a specific mix of peasants and Jews. In Piwniczna, these social groups were additionally supplemented by so-called "black highlanders", craftsmen, buyers and a few representatives of free professions, as well as owners of small factories (factories) employing a larger group of employees.
      sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/p/904-piwniczna-zdroj/99-historia-spolecznosci/137850-historia-spolecznosci

        January 27, 2025

        The Jewish communities in Europe, whose centuries-old tradition is often only visible to the public through commemorative plaques or monuments, were honored - especially in these difficult times for them with a rapidly growing, openly expressed anti-Semitism - by awarding the "International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen" to the President of the Conference of European Rabbis, Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, and the Jewish communities in Europe.
        "In recognition of his outstanding work for peace, the self-determination of peoples and European values, for tolerance, pluralism and understanding, and in recognition of his significant commitment to interreligious and intercultural dialogue, the Board of Directors of the Society for the Award of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen in 2024 honors the President of the Conference of European Rabbis, Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, and together with him the Jewish communities in Europe. With this award, the Charlemagne Prize Directorate wants to send a signal that Jewish life is a natural part of Europe and that there can be no place for anti-Semitism in Europe. Jewish life is an important part of European history and present - now and in the future. (...)" (May 2024)

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