W żydowskiej karczmie, we wnętrzu XIX-wiecznego świata. Z podróży po Niemnie Zygmunta Glogera

Abstract

The article gives a detailed analysis of one episode from Zygmunt Gloger’s travel accounts. During his boat journey on the river Niemen in 1872, he visited a Jewish tavern. In his text, he mentioned the landlords but also gave a moving description of a 10-year old boy – whose mother, a poor widow was employed at the tavern – dying of malaria. For 27-year-old Gloger it was a shattering experience. His account of the journey on the river Niemen was published three times, each time in a different version. The episode from the tavern published in 1873 (Kronika Rodzinna) is different from the 1888 one (the ethno-geographical magazine Wisła) and the 1903 one (in the book The River Valleys. The Accounts of Travels Along Niemen, Wisła, Bug and Biebrza Rivers). The comparison of the three narratives shows the complexity of Polish-Jewish relations in the 19th century.