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 Małka (born 1870) and Sura Liba (born 1872).
Blay was a well-known merchant and social activist in Płock: co-founder of the University for All, member of the Płock department of the Polish Culture Society, the Committee for Providing Aid to Jews in Płock, the Association of Jewish Merchants and the Jewish Charity Society. In 1916, he was elected to the board of the Jewish community in Płock. He also served as a lay judge in the Municipal Office. In the interwar period he ran a fabric shop at 11 Grodzka Street. During the German occupation he was arrested by the Gestapo, after being released from prison he was hiding in Warsaw. In 1946 he became the chairman of the Jewish Committee in Płock.
We are entering the seventh year of JewishPlock.eu – the most important online source of information about the history of the Płock Jewish community! On the website you will find family albums, biograms, information about places related to the Jewish community of the city of […]
An extraordinary publication on the history of the Jews of Płock has been published – it is a source study of the “Pinkas Hakahal” – chronicle of the Jewish community in Płock in the years 1762-1818, originally preserved in the collection of the Jewish Historical […]
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Adam Neuman-Nowicki (1925-2021) – a native of Płock, author of the book entitled “Struggle for life”. In connection with this special occasion, the Nobiscum Foundation prepares a new guidebook – “In the footsteps of Adam Neuman-Nowicki”, which will present places related to his childhood and youth, including the houses of Szmul Dawid Pszenica at 33 Sienkiewicza Street (today number 51), Salomon Bromberger at 18 Sienkiewicza (today number 38) and Rafał Płońskier at 4 Kolegialna Street, where Adam lived with his family, places of childhood games and school years, as well as many other locations that he mentions in his publication.
The author of the guidebook is Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska.
The book will be published thanks to co-funding of the City of Płock.
In the photo above (from the private collection of Anat Alperin): Adam (first from the left) in a “plane” with his mother Frymeta and brother Henryk, Płock 1931.
You can find the biogram of Adam below:
The house at 64 Sienkiewicza Street in Płock, where Symcha Guterman lived with his wife Ewa and son Jakub, was entered into the register of monuments! We are very happy and hope that in the future, when the building is renovated, a plaque commemorating Symcha […]
At the beginning of September, we invite everyone to the premiere of a documentary film produced by the Nobiscum Foundation on the initiative of Arieh Bomzon and Sandra Brygart Rodriguez – descendants of the Bomzon and Brygart Jewish families from Płock. The film shows their […]
On the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the defense of Płock against the Bolsheviks, we recall the Jews of Płock who joined the Polish Army as volunteers during the Bolshevik invasion in 1920
As Szmul Grojnem Wasserman, born in 1897, wrote:
“In July 1920 […] during the invasion of the Eastern Moscow hordes, I felt obliged, as a Polish citizen, to stand in the leading cadres of our Army and for this purpose I joined the 6th Legions Infantry Regiment, with which I went through the entire Kiev campaign and counter-offensive of Augustów, constantly taking part in battles, where I was even injured twice (once in the retreat from Kiev, the second time in the Augustów forests)”.
There were many more Jews from Płock, such as Szmul Grojnem Wasserman. Among them were:
Abram Penson – born on June 13, 1900, son of Szmuel and Kajła Itta née Landau, graduate of the Philological Male Middle School of the Polish School Society in Płock.
Icek Jakub Perelgryc – born on January 23, 1898, son of Szaja and Chaia Chudes née Witenberg, graduate of the Philological Male Middle School of the Polish School Society in Płock.
Mejer Kanarek – born on April 14, 1898, son of Rywen and Chana, graduate of the Władysław Jagiełło State Middle School.
Mojżesz Sarna – born on January 25, 1902, son of Chaskiel and Itta née Landau, graduate of the Philological Male Middle School of the Polish School Society in Płock.
Salomon Kohn – born on June 19, 1902, son of Lejbuś and Toba née Malowańczyk, graduate of the Władysław Jagiełło State Middle School.
Symcha Kiwa Farba – born on March 25, 1902, son of Nuchim Arie and Kajla née Winogron, graduate of the Władysław Jagiełło State Middle School.
Salomon Tyński – born on October 28, 1894, son of Tobiasz and Rajla née Chaskiel, graduate of the Tadeusz Kościuszko State Philological Middle School in Gostynin.
On Saturday, March 23, at 6 p.m., the Nobiscum Foundation invites everyone to join us at the Darmstadt House at 8 Old Market Square for the premiere of our latest publication, this time addressed to younger readers – the book “Adam and his Płock” by […]
