1926 CATALOG OF POZNAN STREETS
http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Nazwy_ulic_w_Poznaniu/Katalog_ulic_Poznania
(Zygmunt
Zaleski, “Great Poznan Plan” 1926)
The
catalog of street names includes a history of each street as well as former
names.The site is in Polish but you can easily use an online translator such as Google on the Chrome browser. An example is available below.
The
link to the original publication can be found at: “Index: Poznan Street Names” http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Indeks:Nazwy_ulic_w_Poznaniu
340 Street. Jewish. (Old Town.'s Old Market Square to the small tanneries). One of the medieval
streets, was established shortly after the founding of the Autonomous City. 's Name was originally
"ul. Sukiennicza
". Because
of the early influx of Jews assigned to them as a ghetto street this, in which
I could only live. At the age of 15 street called Sukiennicza and Jewish, later
just Jewish. To the ghetto were also some side streets, "a small
Jewish" and "Jewish Wroniecka". The same Jewish
Christians also lived indeed, and Magistrate baczył diligently to Christian
homes not passed into Jewish hands. Ghetto force to fire the
city in 1803. After the fire settled Jews in the city where they wanted, but
civil rights have not yet received. After all, the Jewish
element always have gathered at his street.
In later times tirelessly tried to erase the
historical name. Jews considered themselves as an insult that
the street is called Jewish. Already in 1878
received a request for homeowners to change the name. In the last parts of generation and in the
press and by way of applications to the Magistrate Jews demanded the abolition
of the old name (1902, 1904, 1906, etc.) all in vain.Finally, at the conclusion
of 1918, explaining that because the street name dwelling in it are empty, the
municipal authorities have agreed to the change. 10 7
1918 dubbed it on the "street. Michael Herz
"(Michael Herz Str). But 16 6 1919 the Polish authorities restored
the right historical name "ul. Jewish ". Requests for change of name did not cease,
recently from residents Christians.
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