Danzig (Gdańsk)

Danzig (Polish Gdańsk), a Baltic port city, had a Jewish community dating to the late medieval period that grew substantially after Prussian annexation in 1793 and built a Great Synagogue in 1887. In the interwar period it was the Free City of Danzig, a transit point for Jewish emigration. Rabbi Yisrael Lipschutz, author of the standard Mishnah commentary Tiferet Yisrael, served as its rabbi from 1837 until his death in 1860.

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