The online exhibition “Rachmonim bnei rachmonim. The charity and philanthropy of Płock Jews” is now available: https://jewishplock.eu/en/rachmonim-bnei-rachmonim-en/ Organizer of the exhibition: The partner of the exhibition is the State Archives in Płock. The exhibition is part of the program of this year’s European Days of […]
Bolesław Norski-Nożyca was a well-known pre-war cabaret actor, monologist, parodist, author of song lyrics and sketch comedies and singer, who was born in 1904 in Płock as Wolf Nożyca in the family of a merchant, Icek and Tauba Ruchla née Frydman. The Nożyca family lived […]
The Nobiscum Foundation is happy to announce the premiere of the second edition of the guidebook “In the footsteps of Płock Jews” by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska, which will be available from August 28 thanks to funding we received from the City of Płock.
The first edition of “In the footsteps of Płock Jews” was published in 2019, also thanks to the funding of the City of Płock. The edition of 500 copies was then distributed in record time. The publication by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska made us realize how important it is to present the history of the Płock Jewish community through the prism of places and people in an accessible form of a guide. People from Płock, as well as from all over the world, including a large group of the descendants of Płock Jews, asked about the book. This year we are publishing the second edition of the book – significantly expanded, containing new information, determined over the course of several years of the author’s work, as well as photographs and QR codes made especially for this publication, containing additional video content, information and graphics.
The Jewish community, which has been contributing to the history of Płock for over 700 years, has left behind many objects present in the city space to this day, although not always as clearly related to their past as the buildings of the small synagogue or the mikveh. We can find them within the former Jewish district, including Szeroka (today’s Kwiatka), Więzienna (Sienkiewicza), Ostatnia, Jerozolimska, Synagogalna, Bielska, Tylna and Niecała streets, but also on the most representative streets of the city – Tumska, Grodzka and the Old Market Square. They housed private residences, shops, workshops and businesses of Płock Jews. In this book, there are over 50 such places, which is an outstanding testimony to the contribution made by the Jewish community to the development of the city.
The bilingual, Polish-English guidebook will be available free of charge at the Płock Local Tourist Organization (8 Old Market Square) from Sunday, August 28, 2022.
August 2, 2022 marks the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of the uprising in Treblinka. Marian Płatkiewicz recalled: “People from Płock were a pillar of the uprising. Motek Perelgryc, citizen of Płock, a bicycle mechanic. He worked in Treblinka as a tinsmith and repaired bicycles. […]
In connection with this year’s European Days of Jewish Culture, the Nobiscum Foundation organizes an online exhibition entitled “Rachmonim bnei rachmonim. The charity and philanthropy of Płock Jews”. The exhibition, in Polish and English, will be available through the JewishPlock.eu website from 4 September 2022. […]
The Renaissance-style tenement house at 9 Kolegialna Street was built in 1885-1886 by Anna Flatau née Heyman (1838-1898) and her husband Ludwik (1829-1890) – a grain merchant, industrialist and owner of a banker’s office. Both Anna and Ludwik were well-known philanthropists in Płock, founders of the institution at Zduńska Street, which housed an asylum for the elderly and the disabled.
In 1834, the property with mortgage number 321 at Kolegialna Street was purchased by Joachim (Nucha) Flatau (1778-1865), a merchant from Gołańcza, and his wife Brana née Nirenberg. In 1836, the couple built a new, two-story tenement house. After Joachim’s death, half of the property was inherited by his children: Maria, Itta vel Justyna, Dorota, Michla Tauba, Józef, Julian and Rozalia Anna. As a result of a public auction, a part of it was purchased by Brana née Nirenberg. Under the 1869 purchase and sale contract, Ludwik (Liber) Flatau became the owner of the property. After his death, the property was inherited by his wife Anna with four children – Henryk, Julian, Helena and Edward. In 1898, Henryk, Helena and Julian Flatau became the owners of the tenement house. In 1907, the property was sold to Jakub Neumark, and from 1917 its owners were Józef Rogozik and Dawid Szenwic, then the Warsaw Commercial Bank. In 1925, the property was taken over by the Poviat Health Fund in Płock. The last pre-war owner was Karol Popielawski.
Currently, the building is the seat of the Registry Office.
Cyrla (Czesława) Graubart was born on March 29, 1894, as the daughter of Szoel Bruzda and Sura Maria née Fabjan. In 1911, she graduated from a 7-grade government middle school in Warsaw. In December of that year, after passing the exam, she received a certificate […]
On May 13, 1886, Natan Graubart was born in Płock – he was the chairman of the Talmud-Torah religious school committee, a merchant, owner of a seed store and the president of the Cooperative Loan Bank in Płock. Natan Graubart was also the treasurer of […]
Chiel (Jechiel) Majer Bieżuński (born 1888 in Płock), teacher, son of Natan and Gitla nee Gombiner. He graduated from the provincial midle school in Płock, then continued private education in high school. He graduated from the Helena Kuczalska School of Swedish Gymnastics and Massage and the Majewski Swimming School in Warsaw’s Praga district. For some time he conducted gymnastics courses in one of Warsaw schools. In 1920, during the Bolshevik invasion, he volunteered for the Polish Army. From 1921, he was a gymnastics teacher at a 7-grade elementary school for Jewish children in Płock, and then at an elementary school in Wyszogród. In July 1925 he completed a course in physics and mathematics in Aleksandrów Kujawski, in 1932 a scout course, and then summer physical education courses. He retired in 1938.
On October 15, 1821, Józef Jakub Kreyzler aka Josek Sokół and Gerszon Lewin Gradel aka Mintz concluded contracts for the perpetual lease of squares marked with numbers 68 (town square measuring 20 bars, with an annual rent of 1 złoty and 2 grosz) and 69 […]
