Before the Second World War, Nalewki Street in Warsaw’s northeast was home to more than 700 shops, small craftsmen’s shops, and workshops, and was the street most shaped by trade in the Polish capital. Because the majority of its inhabitants were Jews, it was also seen as a Jewish commercial street. Jewish tailors, craftsmen, salespeople, shoeshine boys, wealthy merchants, and who…
Nalewki Street(2,735 words)
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Steffen, Katrin, “Nalewki Street”, in: Encyclopedia of Jewish History and Culture Online, Original German Language Edition: Enzyklopädie Jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur. Im Auftrag der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig herausgegeben von Dan Diner. © J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland 2011–2017. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2468-8894_ejhc_COM_0572>
First published online: 2017
First print edition: 20210312
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