[Cz-L]Iuliu Barasch's Tarvel Log - Stage 8: Lemberg, the Capital of Galicia

Czernowitzers...

Let's keep following the Galician-born Jewish physician, philosopher and writer on his adventurous journey to the Jewish communities in the Krakow Area, Galicia, Bukovina, Moldavia and Walachia:

http://hauster.blogspot.de/2014/01/iuliu-baraschs-travel-report-on-jewish.html

April 15, 1843 - Stage 8: Upon arrival in Lemberg, formerly capital of the historical region of Galicia, situated on the medieval east–west trade route, where Jews played an important role in commerce, finance and crafts, Iuliu Barasch is focussing on the role of Jewish lawyers and physicians.

German transcription: http://hauster.de/data/Barasch1843041515.pdf

YIVO Encyclopedia: "According to the occupational census of 1820, there were 17,931 Jews in Lemberg, representing 38 percent of the total population. About half were engaged in commerce, and included proprietors of restaurants, coffee houses, and inns; Jews were also owners of distilleries and breweries. The transit trade between Vienna and Russia was concentrated in the hands of Jews, who were frequent participants in the fairs of Brody and Leipzig, and who provided fashionable merchandise to the Polish nobility. A further 25 percent of the Jewish population worked in crafts, though in reality most Jews lived in poverty. Between 1839 and 1870, there were 15 Jewish physicians in Lemberg, including Jacob Rappaport, as well as a growing number of lawyers."

http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Lviv

Iuliu Barasch's next (9th) journal entry will be on October 30, 1843/2014, offering the opportunity to me to visit during my upcoming motorcycle trip his first stages en route to Lemberg:

Krakow, Podgorze, Tarnow, Rzeszow, Jaroslaw, Przemysl, Jaworiw, Schowkwa, Kulykiw

Stay "tuned" for the pre-post comparison including the the before and after photos!

Edgar Hauster
Lent - The Netherlands
                                               
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