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Tourist Routes in Lublin:
marking
blue route,
the route includes 13
stops,
3-4 hours, opened in 2001.
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Lublin
is a city where Hebrew culture
could freely develop throughout
centuries. Due to the lush
development of Judaist teachings
in our city, Lublin was often
referred to as the Jerusalem of
the Polish Kingdom or even the
Jewish Oxford.
In 16th century
the first prayer books and other
Jewish volumes were published in
Lublin. In 1578, a famous
printing house was established by
Kalonymos, son of Mordechaj
Jaffe. The printing and
publishing traditions were
cultivated in 19th century by
Samuel Arct, who later carried
them on to Warszawa. In 16th and
17th centuries, the Seym of Four
Lands (Waad Arba Aracot) operated
in Lublin, which served as a type
of self-government entity for all
Polish Jews. In 18th century,
Izaak Horowic was born, lived and
was buried - the father of Polish
Hasidism, known as the "Seer
of Lublin".
Our city
was popularised worldwide by
Izaak Beshewis Singer, winner of
the Nobel Prize, who was born in
the region. In one of his famous
novels "Sztukmistrz z
Lublina" he gave a realistic
account of a Jewish character's
life in the 19th century reality.
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The first
mention of Jews in Lublin dates
back to late 15th century;
probably a Jewish community
already existed in the city in
those days. The main settlement
area as well as the centre of
Jewish religious, political and
administrative life was the foot
of the Lublin castle along with a
part of the Old Town. In time,
the area was simply called the
Jewish Town. Jewish settlement
was also notably developed in the
Kalinowszczyzna district, in
Piaski also known as the Jewish
Kazimierz (today the vicinity of
the railway station), as well as
in Wieniawa. Jews have always
constituted a considerable
percentage of the city's
population; e.g. in 1602,
approximately 2 thousand Hebrews
lived in Lublin, while the entire
city population was 8 thousand;
in 1865 the Jewish population
constituted 39.2 % and in 1939
34.6% of all Lublin residents.
The
extermination of
the Jewish nation during the
Second World War, along with
annihilation of entire city
districts along with synagogues
and cemeteries left Lublin with
only a few reminders of the
everyday life, culture and
customs of Lublin's Jewish
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