Pioneers of Industrialization in Western Galicia: The Baruch Family in the Nineteenth Century
Pioneers of Industrialization in Western Galicia: The Baruch Family in the Nineteenth Century
Author(s): Hanna Kozińska-WittSubject(s): Jewish studies, Economic history, Social history, History of Judaism, 19th Century, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: History; Urban history; Business history; Jewish history; Central Europe; Poland; Austrian Empire; Kraków; Cracow; Podgórze; Nineteenth century; Business; Jewish industrialists; Economic networks;
Summary/Abstract: The article is a commentary on and supplement to an autobiographical text written by a descendant of a family of Jewish industrialists active in Podgórze and Krakow in the nineteenth century. The Baruchs moved from supplies and trading to industrial operations. Although the factories producing fl our, bread and building materials operated in the Krakow area, they mainly supplied the city and the Austrian army stationed there. The family achieved a high social status, which was manifested during public ceremonies. International and local competition led them to abandon their industrial activity.
Journal: The City and History (Mesto a dejiny until 2019)
- Issue Year: 11/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 56-77
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English
