We know about the Jewish presence in Krasnik from accounts dated as early as 1531, but the right allowing Jews to settle here was granted only in 1584 (at once annulling the privilegia de non tolerandis Judaeis).
The local community, quite numerous in size (it sent one of the three representatives from the province of Lublin to sessions of The Diet of the Four Lands) was prevented from expanding freely.
To get to the synagogue from the annexe, there is a recently constructed underground passage, which lends atmosphere to the journey, particularly as the cellars are shrouded in total darkness.
Krasnik A, Scholten P, Damsgaard MT. General practitioners' attitudes to a recent change in their remuneration system.
Krasnik A, Gottschau A. Doctor and patient characteristics as modifiers of the effect of a changing remuneration system in general practice.
Krasnik A, Michaelsen JJ, Norredam M, Nielsen AS, Sørensen T. Effect of ethnic background and duration of residence on Danish hospital utilisation patterns.