Jewish culture and history in Barczewo
Sounds, images, great atmosphere
Guests from Łódź and Warsaw at the cultural studio synagogue Barczewo (Wartenburg) on 2025 January 6
Schmalleningken in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, October 30, 2024: A small songbook from Schmalleninken (Schmaleningken) clarifies: The synagogue was inaugurated on September 18, 1865! Schmaleningken (today Smalininkai in Lithuania) is
Nathan Grumach – Son, Notary and Cantor in Barczewo/Wartenburg
Since he had a beautiful voice, he liked to help out in the synagogue and sing there for services when he came home for Shabbat.
Struck by lightning
Memo August 1851 “… the Jewish herring merchant Jochim Goersch from Wystiten was struck dead by lightning in the village of Karklienen on August 25,