(2023-05-27/28) Actually, I wanted to take the shortest way from Sandomierz to the Bieszczady National Park, in the southeasternmost corner of Poland, wedged in the Subcarpathians between Ukraine and Slovakia. Here, in the middle of nowhere, according to a German saying it‘s „where fox and rabbit say goodnight to one another“. But other creatures are said to gather here at nightly hours, such as wolf, brown bear, lynx and wild cat. Maybe I was too early, because none of them was there, instead a crocodile ran across my path, admittedly, a very small one; a proven city dweller reveals himself. The most direct and beautiful route to Lutowiska was resolutely defended by hyperactive police forces for the Poland Bike Marathon cyclists, giving me a detour of over a hundred kilometers and at least two hours. Arriving in Lutowiska, I would never have guessed that there, in the immediate vicinity of my hotel, I would discover an extremely picturesquely located Jewish cemetery and the ruins of the Old Synagogue.
Jewish Lutowiska [https://lutowiskacemetery.wordpress.com]: „Jews settled in Lutowiska in the 18th century, with 1,309 Jews living there in 1881 dominating the local trade. On the main road to Carpatho-Rus and Hungary and the nearby estates to Graf [Count] Konarski, 12 big annual fairs in Lutowiska were known for trade in oxen imported from Hungary. With its agricultural surroundings, the local weekly market was important. The Jewish cemetery on a hill about four hundred meters east of the city beside the river Smolnik was also a burial place for Jews from Stuposianów, Zatwarnicy, Skorodnego and other nearby villages.“
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