Memorial by Józef Gedalia of Crimea, or From one - a thousand : did the Karaites live in the Duchy of Warsaw?
Journal: Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University)
Year: 2023

The article looks at the 1812 case of Józef Gedalia, a Karaite from the Crimea, a tobacco merchant, who lived at Senatorska Street in Warsaw, where he also had his shop. Due to the fact that he was ruled to be a Jew, he was ordered to vacate the premises leased by him, which the followers of the Judaic faith were required to do by a decree issued by Frederic Augustus, the Saxon king and Duke of Warsaw. The Karaite filed a protest against the ruling to the police minister and the latter, in turn,