role of Jews in Polish commerce, 1918-1939
TitleThe role of Jews in Polish commerce, 1918-1939
Author
Call number943.8004924/0023
Object number03616i
Place of publicationHanover, New Hampshire, United States
Year of publication
1989
Physical descriptionpp141-157
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series; 10
ISBN0874514460
NotesArticle from the book 'The Jews of Poland between two world wars' pp141-157
Description
Jews constituted the overwhelming majority of peddlars, shopkeepers and merchants in the southeastern and eastern regions of the Polish Republic. The same was true for Lublin province; in Bialystok Jews still constituted a majority. The picture that emerges is that Jews dominated commerce in Poland's agricultural regions, but where industry dominated, the Jewish share of commerce diminished
