On October 14, 1943, an uprising of prisoners led by Aleksander “Sasza” Peczerski broke out in the German Nazi extermination camp in Sobibór. One of the participants of the rebellion was Moshe Bahir (Szklarek) from Płock (1927-2002). As he recalled years later, the Sobibór camp […]
Our exhibition “Szenwic. The story of one family” is now available online! The exhibition prepared by the Nobiscum Foundation presents the history of members of a Jewish family associated with Płock since the beginning of the 19th century. The exhibition includes family photographs and documents […]
The Nobiscum Foundation would like to invite everyone to read a new guidebook that we have published. The publication entitled “In the footsteps of Jewish artists from Płock” by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska, published thanks to the co-funding of the City of Płock, is dedicated to Jewish artists of the city, places related to their lives and activities.
The publication contains biographies of 54 artists from Płock representing various fields of art: painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture, artistic crafts, photography, literature, music, theater and cabaret, as well as 70 locations within e.g. Bielska, Grodzka, Jerozolimska, Kazimierza Wielkiego, Kolegialna, Tadeusza Kościuszki, Józefa Kwiatka, Henryka Sienkiewicza, Tumska streets and the Old Market Square.
We hope that the guidebook will present an interesting alternative to the publications on the market that focus on mass tourism, and that it will be an interesting read both for people who are visiting to Płock and are wondering what to see in our city, and for the residents of Płock, who want to get to know and discover unobvious places, often traces of non-existent objects, as well as broaden their knowledge about the history of the Jewish community of Płock.
The guidebook will be available free of charge at the seat of the Płock Local Tourist Organization, at 8 Old Market Square, from Tuesday, September 5, while supplies last.
We are pleased to inform you that our new publication – “Jewish women of pre-war Płock. Part I” – is now available (in Polish). Full of energy, strength, passion and determination, women have always played an important role in the history of Płock. Many of […]
The exhibition entitled “Szenwic. The story of a family” prepared by the Nobiscum Foundation will present the history of members of a Jewish family associated with Płock since the beginning of the 19th century. The board exhibition will consist of family photographs and documents, among […]
On August 2, 2023, at the Cinema Around the Corner of the Franciszka and Stefan Themerson Center for Culture and Arts in Płock , the premiere of the film “The last path of their lives. People of Płock in the Uprising in Treblinka” took place. The film has been produced by the Nobiscum Foundation thanks to the co-financing of the City of Płock on the 80th anniversary of the revolt of prisoners of the German Nazi extermination camp Treblinka II.
The aim of the production is to present the Jewish people from Płock who participated in the uprising, including Marian Platkiewicz, Motel Perelgryc and Chaskiel Rozenberg. The script of the film was based on the memoirs of Marian Platkiewicz preserved in the collection of Yad Vashem, archival documents from the collections of the State Archives in Płock and the Registry Office in Płock, as well as family memorabilia – photographs made available to the foundation from the private collections of the families of Motel Perelgryc and Chaskiel Rozenberg. Guests of the film include, among others, representatives of the Memory of Treblinka Foundation, which collects and promotes knowledge about the camp, gathers accounts of witnesses and survivors, and publishes the names and surnames of people who were murdered in Treblinka (together with the Jewish Historical Institute, the foundation creates the so-called Book of Names).
The film was recorded in Płock, in locations related to the life of Jewish residents who were later prisoners of Treblinka during World War II and who took part in the uprising in the summer of 1943 (Marian Platkiewicz, Rudek Lubraniecki, Motel Perelgryc, Chaskiel Rozenberg) as well as on the grounds of the Treblinka Museum.
The film is now also available online, with Polish and English subtitles, on our channels:
The prisoners knew that there was no way out except to fight, which could bring liberation to some of them. The great holy will to live, the love of freedom, gave rise to the idea of breaking free from hell surrounded by barbed wire. Marian […]
On June 1 this year, as the Nobiscum Foundation we sent a letter to the Mayor of the City of Płock, Andrzej Nowakowski, with an appeal to make a decision on the extraction of matzevot from the Park on the Hill (“Na Górkach”), securing them […]
On Sunday, 2 July, at the Galicia Jewish Museum, we took part in a ceremony during which we were honored with the “Preserving Memory” award for our contribution to saving and commemorating Jewish heritage in Poland. We feel honored and touched that we are now among people presented with this important award!
During this year’s 26th ceremony, the awards were presented to: Dominik Szulc (Kraśnik), Izabela Sekulska (Mielec/Tarnów), Marian Lackowski (Chełm), Agnieszka Kostuch and Katarzyna Sudaj (Trzemeszno), Wojciech Głowacz (Czarny Dunajec), Narcyz Listkowski (Rabka Zdrój), Karolina Panz (Nowy Targ), Jerzy Tracz (Lubartów), Ewa Paul (Bełchatów) and us.
The “Preserving Memory” diploma is awarded annually to Poles involved in preserving the Polish-Jewish heritage and fostering Polish-Jewish dialogue.
The “Preserving Memory” program was initiated in 1998 by the American lawyer Michael H. Traison.
The photo comes from the website of the Galicia Jewish Museum.
🇬🇧 Forum for Dialogue – the oldest Polish non-governmental organization aiming to improve Polish-Jewish relations, for 25 years has been gathering people for whom Jewish history and heritage in Poland are of great importance. This year we had the honor and pleasure to participate in […]
