The first historical mention of the presence of Jews in Płock comes from 1237. It has been preserved in the town location charter issued by Bishop Piotr I, in which it was established that the town borders are from the tombs along the road leading […]
Nachman Celner (Selner) was born in 1874 in Raciąż, as the son of Szmul (1824-1893) and Chana Ruchla née Tajfel. By profession he was a tailor’s apprentice who worked in London, with breaks. The city was also associated with his relative Wolf Majer Celner (born […]
The Makabi Jewish Gymnastic and Sports Society, which was the most famous and most numerous sports club in Płock, was established in 1915. Its founders were Leon Goldberg, Kurt Kazen, Wilhelm Marienstrass, Juda Pszenica, Maurycy Płońskier, Berek Zeligman and Izrael Penzel. The organization played an important role in the sports life of Jewish youth in Płock. It had a football, gymnastic, athletics, basketball, hockey, boxing and table tennis sections. The seat of Makabi was initially located in the Praszkier tenement house at 9 Kwiatka Street, which before the war was one of the centers of social life for Płock Jews, and later at 9 Grodzka Street.
In 1916, Makabi organized a great gymnastic show in which many members of the organization took part, both from Płock and the surrounding towns. After Poland regained independence, the authorities treated Jewish sport activities unfavorably and repeatedly tried to limit it, despite the fact that the number of members of Makabi systematically increased, and the organization created various branches of sporting activity. The outbreak of the Polish-Bolshevik war limited its activity for some time. After 1920, many instructors and leaders of the organization went to Warsaw to study. The newly elected committee renovated the sports hall, purchased equipment and organized new groups. The years 1923–1934 were the period of development of the organization, which became a part of Jewish life in Płock and played an important role in the physical training of Jewish youth. At that time, new sections were organized, including athletics, boxing and cycling. Makabi members, in addition to sports activities, dealt with cultural and Zionist affairs during this period.
One of the most important events in the life of the Jewish community at that time was the arrival of athletes from Eretz Israel – a motorcycle group that toured many European countries in 1930, and visited Płock while being in Poland.
Bibliography:
Plock. Paginas de historia de la vida judia de allende el mar, editado po la Sociedad de residentes de Plock en la Argentina, Buenos Aires 1945
Plotzk (Płock). A History of an Ancient Jewish Community in Poland, ed. E. Eisenberg, Tel Awiw 1967
A fragment of the panorama of Wyszogród with the synagogue building majestically towering over the town – this is just a preview of a new project carried out by the Nobiscum Foundation. We are officially starting work on a new, bilingual guidebook: “In the footsteps […]
Mendel Jakub Perelgryc (born in 1873) was the son of Icek Szlama (born in 1828) and Ruchla Chana née Gracz (born in 1841), who came from Lipno. His brother was Chaskiel Perelgryc (1864-1937) – the owner of the property at 21 Warszawska and 6 Bielska […]
Feliks Tuszyński – a painter and miniaturist, he was the son of Icek and Sura née Bajbok. He was born on July 19, 1921 in Płock. During the Nazi occupation he was in the ghetto in Łódź, then in the camp in Auschwitz. In 1944 he was taken to Braubschwelg, then to Watenstad. Shortly before liberation, he was sent to the Ravensbruck camp, from where he was freed by American troops. After the war he settled in Australia. He got his artistic education at Donald Campbell’s studio in Melbourne. He was a member of the Malvern Artists Society, Five Plus Group, Contemporary Artists Society, Cosmopolitan Art Group, Victorian Artists Society, Bezalel Fellowship of Arts. For his artistic activity, he was honored with awards by the Victorian Artists Society and the Contemporary Artists Society. His works found their place in collections of institutions such as the Holocaust Museum in Sydney, Queensland Art Gallery and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. He died on June 26, 2016.
Selected individual exhibitions:
1979 – Felix Tuszynski. Malvern Artists Society, Melbourne
1987 – Felix Tuszynski: Retrospective. Malvern Artists Society, Melbourne
1988 – Felix Tuszynski: Retrospective. Bicentenary Exhibition Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne
1990 – Felix Tuszynski, Caulfield Arts Centre, Melbourne
1992 – Felix Tuszynski: Fantasy Drawings Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne
1993 – The Sun and Shadows of Life: Felix Tuszynski Victorian Artists Society, Melbourne
1994 – Felix Tuszynski. Szalom Gallery. Warsaw, Poland
2016 – Felix Tuszyński – antypody modernizmu [Felix Tuszyński – Antipodes of modernism]. The Art Gallery of Płock, Płock, Poland
Bibliography:
Felix Tuszynski: a Survey exhibition of Painting and Drawings 1985-1995, Victoria, Australia, 1995
Przedpełski J., Stefański J., Żydzi płoccy w dziejach miasta, Płock 2012
The oldest mention of the Sadzawka family in Płock dates back to 1810 – on June 22, in the Płock Notarial Office, a purchase contract was concluded for the sale of part of the property located at Synagogalna Street (mortgage number 39) between Józef Markus […]
Jehuda Lejb Margolies (1787-1811) – son of Asher Zelig, was a rabbi who at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries managed the spiritual life of the Jewish community in Płock. Before 1793 he was a rabbi in Szczebrzeszyn, Włocławek and Bodzanów. He was […]
Maurycy Markusfeld (1849-1900) – sworn lawyer in Płock in 1889-1900. He was the son of a respected doctor of medicine and the first doctor of the St. Valentine hospital in Kutno in the years 1844-1850, Samuel Stanisław Markusfeld (1810-1880) and Emilia née Lewensztajn. Maurycy Markusfeld graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Imperial University of Warsaw. He received the position of a sworn lawyer in Płock at the beginning of 1889 (previously he was a judge in Lipno). Markusfeld’s office was located on the corner of Kolegialna St., in the house of Jan and Eugenia Rostalski. The wife of Maurycy Markusfeld was Maria née Topolski.
Beniamin Koryto (born 1802, Sochaczew) and Tyla nee Sierota (born 1804, Służewo) were the first of the Koryto family to settle down in Płock (more about the Koryto family – link). Israel (born 1847), one of their sons, married Gitla Tauba nee Szmiga (born 1854). […]
