Lwów
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Yitzhak Heilman
Choir conductor who later conducted a synagogue choir in Haifa.
Shvartzman
Named as a conductor of traditional synagogue choirs.
Landman
Named as a conductor of traditional synagogue choirs.
Abraham Kaplan
Choir conductor at Heichal from 1874 to 1916.
Moshe Schneider
Choir conductor at Heichal from 1916 to 1920.
Bezalel Kinstler
Choir conductor at Heichal from 1924 to 1932.
Adolf Gimpel
Choir conductor at Heichal from 1932 to 1939.
J. B. Gimpel
Yiddish theater director and Adolf Gimpel’s father.
Samuel Schneider
Named in a caption as a cantor.
Solomon Edelstein
Named in a caption as a cantor.
Elijah Karber
Named in a caption as a cantor.
Old Market (Stary Rinek)
Central market of early Lviv, also called Stary Rinek.
Palace Hill
Hill near the boundary of the city wall.
Upon the Bridge
Popular name for a bridge over a channel near Lviv’s crossroads.
Klonovitz
Poet who described the sanitary conditions in 1584.
Jewish Gate
Gate providing access into the Jewish quarter.
New Jewish Street
Name used for Boyimov Street after the Austrian conquest.
Weapons Depot
Depot near wooden houses rented to Jews for residence and trade.
Ruthenian Quarter
Quarter almost destroyed by fires in 1571 and 1616.
Isaac son of Nahman
A community notable who acquired the torture tower and expanded Jewish property holdings.
Archbishop Grzegorz
An archbishop who sold houses to Jews.
Rozana Street
A street where Jewish residences were located outside the quarter.
Zhidovska-Nova Street
A street mentioned as parallel to Rozanska Street.
Sarbanska Street
A street mentioned in connection with Jewish residences and a house sale.
Zarbanska Street
A street where Jewish residences were located outside the quarter.
Sarbovska Street
A street mentioned as a later name for Sarbanska Street.
Jablonowski family
A family whose plots contained rented apartments occupied by Jews.
Benedictine Order
A religious order whose apartments were rented by Jews.
King Jan Kazimierz
A king who published a prohibition against renting Catholic houses to Jews.
Rinnek
The city market square, called Rinnek.
Sobieski House, Rinnek No. 10
A building identified as the king's house at Rinnek No. 10.
Jews of the city
Jewish residents, tenants, merchants, and shopkeepers in the city.
Zaravanska Street
Street included among permitted Jewish residential areas.
Krakiv Suburb
Suburb included among permitted Jewish residential areas.
Count Agenor Goluchowski
Commissioner who cast the deciding vote against Jewish interests.
Michalowiczowska House
First house by the ghetto gate on Jewish Street.