Ilonka Rappel was born in 1919 in Warsaw. Her parents were Adolf – a glove maker and shop owner, and Gustawa née Sztechtman. Ilonka’s family came from Płock (her grandfather, Rachmil Szechtman, owned a soap manufacture on Zduńska Street), and she spent her childhood there. […]
Łucja Weinles née Kaufman was born in 1874 in the village of Pawłowo, which at that time belonged to her grandfather Wolf Kaufman. She was the daughter of Hinda of the Kirsztejn family known in Płock and Moszek Aron Kaufman, who came from Lipno and […]
Poet, prose writer and journalist well-known before the war, was born in Płock as Marian Stanisław Lewin on October 20, 1878 in the family of a merchant, Bernard Lewin and Anna née Grynbaum. He completed his higher education in Switzerland, France and Italy. He was the author of a short story entitled “Bronka”, poetry pieces that appeared in the pages of “Kurier Codzienny”, “Przegląd Poranny” and “Kurier Warszawski”, as well as columns of, among others, “Kurier Poranny” and “Przegląd Wieczorny”. He edited and published a humorous and satirical weekly entitled “Grzmot” [“Thunder”]. He wrote the novels “Samotni” [“Loners”], “Historia dwojga ludzi i jednego filistra” [“The Story of Two People and One Philistine”], “Kawalerowie księżyca” [“Knights of the Moon”] and a volume of poetry entitled “Struny” [“Strings”]. He was associated with the Warsaw cabaret theater ‘Momus’ as well as the ‘Chochlik’ cabaret. In 1917 he became director of the ‘Czarny Kot’ cabaret, and in the following year of ‘Argus’. In 1925 he became the director of the Eldorado Theater. His stage pieces appeared in the collection entitled “Monologi”. He was one of the founders of the Society of Authors and Stage Composers (“ZAiKS”), which was established in 1918, along with, among others, Julian Tuwim. In 1928, he prepared a “Commemorative Book, published on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of ZAiKS Society of Authors and Stage Composers (1918-1928)”.
In 1942, he was murdered by the Nazis for hiding Jews in his apartment at 14 Lelewela Street.
“Broken life. The fate of women of Płock during World War II and the Holocaust” is a series of texts on JewishPlock.eu, in which, between 22 February and 1 March 2022, we will recall the stories of Jewish women associated with Płock – those who […]
Henryk (Chaskiel) Szenwic (1906-1943) – electrical engineer. He was a graduate of theKing Władysław Jagiełło Middle School in Płock and the Electrotechnical Institute in Toulouse. He worked on the construction of the Municipal Power Plant in Płock. From 1933 he was a member of “Dionizy […]
To commemorate the 81st anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto in Płock, we encourage you to light a symbolic candle at the Jewish cemetery on Mickiewicza Street on February 21 – March 1. In this way, let us show our remembrance and respect for the thousands of Płock Jews deported from the ghetto in 1941, most of whom were later murdered in Nazi extermination camps.
On February 21 at 4 p.m. we will visit the Jewish cemetery to light the first candles. But if you cannot be with us then, please come on one of the following days. Your remembrance is what matters the most.
Roman Londyński (1830-1890) – doctor of medicine. He was born in Płock on January 15, 1830 in the family of a grain merchant, Zachariasz Londyński. He completed his medical studies in Moscow in 1850. He received his medical doctor degree from the Medical Council of […]
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 […]
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 […]
