Thursday, November 17, 2011
Jews into Poland: 1098: -History Zlota Jermulowske, Nathan's Wife's Polish Home
Jews arrived in Poland during period of 1st Crusade in 1098. By 1550's 80% of world's Jews lived in Poland.
Poland was partitioned from 1772 to 1795 by Russia. 200,000 people after the 1772 partition were affected. Prior to the partition, Jews lived in Poland for centuries in relative freedom. Suwalki was one of the 10 provinces that was part of the Polish kingdom that became part of Russia. The number of Jews in Poland and Lithuania on the eve of the partitions amounted to 621,000 people according to the Polish census of 1764-66. In 1772, 1793 and 1795 Poland was divided among Russia, Prussia and Austria; Poland-Lithuania no longer existed. In 1772 Catherine II, Empress of Russia forced Jews to stay in "Pale of Settlement". By 1885 4 million + Jews lived in the Pale.
Labels: Jews Entering Poland, Suwalki
