Memo August 1851

“… the Jewish herring merchant Jochim Goersch from Wystiten was struck dead by lightning in the village of Karklienen on August 25, 1851. He was between 40 and 50 years old.”
(Notes of the Darkehmen court on the deaths of Jews)

Darkehmen (Today Osjorsk, Kaliningrad region RU) 2024

Thanks for the find go to Birgit Ammann

Wystiten (Vištytis, Lithuania)