Żydowscy architekci działający na terenie województwa lubelskiego w latach II Rzeczypospolitej. Materiały do słownika biograficznego
Jewish Architects Operating in the Lublin Province during the Years of the Second Polish Republic. Materials for a Biographical Dictionary

Summary/Abstract: The activities of Jewish architects and builders, especially those working outside major cities, are rarely addressed in historical research. This is due to limited access to adequate sources, which are primarily archival and press materials. Research on the construction sector in the Lublin region, especially focusing on architects’ biographies, reveals that a number of Jewish professionals in this field were active there. This article deals with those who worked in the Lublin Province in the interwar period and made their mark as designers of buildings. The Lublin Province was one of the largest in the Second Polish Republic, with Jews making up a significant per centage of its population. However, as it turns out, very few Jewish architects lived and worked in the province. Bringing their stories to light seems important, since both their biographies and their professional achievements are almost completely unknown. Artur Arkin, Henryk Bekker, Karol Braunstein, Mojżesz Goldstein, Abram Hubel, Jakub Margules, Ignacy Izaak Spiegielglass – these are the names of Jewish architects who lived in the Lublin Province. There were also those who hailed from outside the Lublin region but worked on projects in the area: Jerzy Ascher, Gizela Margulies, and Gustaw Gilkowicz from Warsaw, Samuel Baum from Kraków, Eliasz Rozental from Łódź, and Henryk Maurycy Sandig from Lviv. The article lists all of them in alphabetical order and presents their biographies. Its purpose, besides eliminating one of the research gaps in the study of Polish architecture, is to restore the memory of these architects, none of whom survived the Holocaust.

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