As part of the 81st anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto in Płock, the Nobiscum Foundation would like to invite you on 21 February 2022, 12 p.m. CET, to the premiere of the film “Black skies. The fate of Płock Jews in the years […]
Where did Jewish families live in the Płock poviat before the war? We decided to check and research one of the communes – Rogozino. In the records of this commune, kept in the resources of the State Archives in Płock, there are registers of residents […]
Jerozolimska Street was one of the main streets of the former Jewish district in Płock.
Moszek Szlama Sarna (1838-1908) lived in the house at number 20. In 1884 he built the first iron foundry in the town. Pre-war artists Dawid (1915-2002) and Feliks (1922-2016) Tuszyński lived in the tenement house at number 6. They are commemorated by a plaque with a characteristic painting palette, designed by Stanisław Płuciennik.
Before the war, 31 companies were registered at Jerozolimska Street, including Abram Jakubowicz’s haberdashery store (house No. 1), Mendel Skórnik’s cotton wool shop (house No. 8), Fincia Taub’s shoemaker’s shop (house No. 14), David Edelsztajn’s leather shop (house No. 17), Szlama Florek’s tailor shop (house No. 17) ) and the shoe store of Aron Luzer Szmidt (house No. 19). The last pre-war owners of the tenement houses at Jerozolimska Street were: Mariem Kon (house No. 1), Abram Morsztejn (No. 2), successors of Papierczyk (No. 3), Lejzor and Abram Granat (No. 4), Izrael Majeranc and successors of Lichtygier (No. 5) , Estera Bajla Szejnwald (No. 6), Josek Taube (No. 7), successors of Froim Nejman (No. 8), successors of Ruchla Redlic and Ruchla Zylbersztajn (No. 9), successors of Bina Raca Rubinsztajn (No. 10), Markus and Ajdla Braun (No. 11), Mariem Ryfka Bursztyn (No. 12), Szmul Lejb Prusak (No. 13), Azriel, Cypra and Chudesa Bursztyn (No. 14), Hinda Sakwa (No. 15), Icek Dach (No. 16), Izrael Chaim Rotblat and Kirszenbaum (No. 17), Chana Łaja Dancygier (No. 18), Hersz Józef Chewel (No. 19a), Aron Szmidt (No. 19), Mendel Luszyński, Gustaw and Estera Zielonka (No. 20).
Although Nachum Sokołow was born in Wyszogród, he spent his childhood and youth in Płock. The Old market Square, where he lived with his parents and siblings and studied Latin with professor Walenty Masłowski, Synagogalna Street and the Dancygier School, which he attended, the park […]
By the decision of the Jan Jagielski Grants Committee operating in the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland, the Nobiscum Foundation has received a grant for a project of the film entitled “Black skies. The fate of Płock Jews in the years 1941-1945”. […]
Szmuel Penson (1865-1939) – melamed, publicist, son of Izrael and Estera née Segał. He was born in the town of Olkieniki in south-eastern Lithuania. In the 1890s he came to Płock, and in 1896 he married Itta Kajla née Landau (born 1868), the daughter of the tavern owner Szmul Moszek and Bajla Rykla née Liberman. For many years, Penson taught Hebrew in Jewish schools in Płock. He organized evening courses of Hebrew and Jewish literature. His students were, among others Zysze Landau, Icchak Grünbaum, Becalel Okolica and Szlomo Greenspan. From 1918 he was associated with the Jewish Coeducational Middle School of Humanities. He was liked and popular among the Jewish youth in Płock. He published in the newspaper “Hacefira”. In Płock, he lived with his family in a tenement house at 12 Tumska Street. He died a few days before the German army entered Płock.
Bibliography:
Plotzk (Plock); a history of an ancient Jewish community in Poland, ed. E. Eisenberg, Tel-Aviv 1967
Przedpełski J., Stefański J., Żydzi płoccy w dziejach miasta, Płock 2012
Izrael Wolf Cynamon – teacher, son of Aron Hersz and Estera née Goldszyd, was born on January 1, 1883 in Płock. As a boy, he attended private studies, then he passed the exam at the government middle school in Płock and received a certificate of […]
In 1926, a great campaign was organized in Poland to collect signatures with wishes in tribute to the American people in memory of the 150th anniversary of the independence of the United States. This event was attended, among others, by schools in Płock, including the […]
Julian Stryjkowski (before the war known as Pesach Stark) (1905-1996) – writer, author of, among others the novels “Głosy w ciemności” [“Voices in Darkness”] (1956), “Austeria” (1966), “Sen Azrila” [“Azril’s Dream”] (1975), “Czarna róża” [“Black Rose”] (1962), “Przybysz z Narbony” [“Stranger from Narbonne”] (1978). He came from the city of Stryj in Ukraine, he was the son of melamed Cwi Rosenmann and Chana née Stark. He graduated from the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv with a doctoral degree, then in the years 1932-1933 he was a Polish language teacher at the Jewish Coeducational Middle School of Humanities in Płock at 28 Kolegialna Street. From 1934 he was associated with the Communist Party of Western Ukraine, for which in 1935- 1936 he was imprisoned. He then moved to Warsaw, where he started working in a bookstore, and also published in the pages of “Młody świat”. During World War II, he was in the USSR. After the war, he was the editor of the Polish Press Agency. In the years 1954-1978 he was professionally associated with the monthly “Twórczość”. In 1975 he was one of the signatories of “Letter 59”. Laureate of the A. Jurzykowski Foundation Prize in New York (1979), Stanisław Vincenz Award (1986) and the Jan Parandowski Polish PEN Club Award (1993).
Chana Sura Klejn (born in 1912 in Płock) – teacher, daughter of Jojne and Chana Rojza. A graduate of the Zofia Bukowiecka State Teachers’ College for Women in Płock (she received the diploma of a primary school teacher in 1931). She was the head of […]
