Brana Libka (Ludwika) Kempner was born on February 16, 1873, in Płock, to Ludwik, a bookstore and printing house owner, and his wife Tauba née Kon. In 1897, she married Izaak Feinberg (born 1867), a doctor of medicine from Nieśwież, the son of Szmul and Chaja […]
JewishPlock.eu is entering its eighth year! Family albums, biographies, places connected with the Jewish community of Płock, films, exhibitions, databases, and online projects through which we aim to commemorate the history of Płock’s Jews. You will find all of this on our website, which was […]
The Nobiscum Foundation invites everyone to the exhibition “For you, unforgettable…” commemorating the 85th anniversary of the deportation of Jews from the Ghetto in Płock. The exhibition opening will take place on Friday, February 20th, at 12:00 PM at the State Archives in Płock, 9b […]
The newest guidebook published by the Nobiscum Foundation will premiere on December 12, 2025. Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska’s book, “In the Footsteps of Adam Neuman-Nowicki,” is being published thanks to co-funding from the Municipality of Płock. We invite you to the premiere event on December 12th at […]
The Nobiscum Foundation is among the finalists of the 2025 POLIN Award! We are very grateful for the recognition of our work, and we are especially happy that among the finalists are people whose work we have known and admired for years! The finalists of […]
Yitzhak Grünbaum (1879-1970), a member of the Legislative Parliament and the Parliament of the First, Second, and Third Term of the Second Polish Republic, and one of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence of Israel, earned his place in Płock’s history as the initiator […]
Borys Kowadło – photographer, was born on December 2, 1911 in a house at 4 Bielska Street, in the family of Dawid and Ruda nee Asz. His father was a ritual slaughterer. Borys Kowadło was a student at the photo studio of his brother-in-law Abram […]
Icek (Izaak) Bernsztajn – lawyer, teacher and publicist, was born on November 13, 1899 in Płock (in the house at 15 Kwiatka Street) in the family of Tobiasz and Sura. In 1918, he entered the seventh grade of the Philological Middle School of the Men’s […]
Yaakov (Jakub) Guterman – painter and illustrator, born in 1935 in Warsaw, the son of Simcha and Ewa née Alterowicz. His hometown is Płock, where he lived with his parents in a one-story house at 64 Sienkiewicza Street. Jakub’s father ran a knitting workshop and […]
Abram Hersz aka Alfred Blay was born on May 30, 1876 in Płock. His father Natan (1839-1915) came from Kalisz. His mother was Estera née Landau (1845-1928), daughter of Icek Tobiasz and Małka. Alfred Blay had three siblings: brother Szmul Tobiasz (1868-1899) and sisters Hinda […]
