Polish Bakery's Hidden Jewish Legacy Unearthed Decades Later

Kuźmiuk Bakery in Lublin discovers its pre-war Jewish roots through a chance encounter in 2017.

The Kuźmiuk Bakery, established in 1944, originally belonged to the Jewish Bajtel family, who were killed during the Holocaust.
Current owner Katarzyna Goławski only learned of the bakery's Jewish history when Esther Minars, a relative of the original owners, visited in 2017.
Minars' mother, Eva Eisenkeit, survived the Holocaust and documented her experiences, including memories of the bakery, in a memoir.
The bakery's signature cebularz, an onion flatbread, has Jewish origins dating back to the pre-war era.
Efforts are underway to honor the bakery's Jewish heritage, including the creation of a Hebrew-language brochure.