Zeznania żydowskich i chrześcijańskich podejrzanych o napad na dwór szlachcica Mroczka. Przyczynek do dziejów przestępczości w Polsce II połowy XVIII w.
Depositions of Jews and Christians Suspected of Raiding the Estate of the Nobleman Mroczek. A Contribution to the History of Crime in Poland in 2nd Half of 18th Century

Summary/Abstract: The documents kept in the special collections of the Jewish Historical Institute Library contain an extract, purchased in 2010, from Warsaw municipal records, containing the depositions of Jews, noblemen and burghers suspected of taking part in a raid of nobleman Mroczek’a manor at Żebrak near Siedlce on the night of 1 November 1783. This document provides lots of insight into the social transformations taking place in Poland in the second half of the 18th century. It visualizes the internal differentiation of the Jewish population, struggling with increasing poverty. The suspects’ depositions portray Warsaw as a city attracting representatives of various social groups, which integrated irrespective of religious or ethnic differences, cooperated with each other or forming criminal gangs.

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