Piotr Wrobel, The Jews of Galicia under Austrian-Polish Rule, 1867-1914.

 

Piotr Wrobel is Associate Professor of History at the University of Toronto.

http://www.history.utoronto.ca/faculty/facultyprofiles/wrobel.html

 

In this article the author gives a historical survey of Jews in the Province of Galicia starting at the time of the

first Partition of Poland,  concentrating primarily from the mid-19th century until the end of  WW1. Life within Jewish

communities and relations with the surrounding population is covered while focusing on topics such as assimilation

and emigration, anti-semitism and emancipation, demography and economics, religious and cultural life, language and literature.

 

Thanks are due the author for his permission.

 

 

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