The Karaim community in Lutsk ceased to exist after Wold War II when part of its members who chose in 1945 the so-called “repatriation” to Poland left their hometown for ever and settled down mainly in the Dolny Śląsk region. Moving to Poland, they took with themselves the main part of the property of the community, including the equipment of the kenesa and archives. Its files contain a large number of various documents which prove to be a rich source of information on activities of the Lutsk community in the last years of its existence. Especially valuable are documents referring to the kenesa and efforts made by the community to renovate it and to build a community house in Lutsk in the interwar period. These records give us information not only about the building itself, but on some financial matters and relations among the Karaim community, local authorities and co-habitants of Lutsk. As the Karaim kenesa burnt down completely in 1972, these documents at present are almost the only material evidence of its existence in Lutsk. The aim of the article is to present works on the renovation of the wooden building of the 18th century after the damages it suffered during World War I, basing on the documents from the archive.
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