The Makabi Jewish Gymnastic and Sports Society, which was the most famous and most numerous sports club in Płock, was established in 1915. Its founders were Leon Goldberg, Kurt Kazen, Wilhelm Marienstrass, Juda Pszenica, Maurycy Płońskier, Berek Zeligman and Izrael Penzel. The organization played an […]
A fragment of the panorama of Wyszogród with the synagogue building majestically towering over the town – this is just a preview of a new project carried out by the Nobiscum Foundation. We are officially starting work on a new, bilingual guidebook: “In the footsteps […]
Mendel Jakub Perelgryc (born in 1873) was the son of Icek Szlama (born in 1828) and Ruchla Chana née Gracz (born in 1841), who came from Lipno. His brother was Chaskiel Perelgryc (1864-1937) – the owner of the property at 21 Warszawska and 6 Bielska St., a well-known social activist in Płock, co-founder of the Bieker Chajlim Jewish Funeral Association. Hinda Małka Radzik (born in 1880) came from a large Jewish family. Her father was the merchant Hersz Wolf Radzik (born in 1854), mother Chaja nee Koza (born in 1853). Hinda Małka had four siblings: sisters Kajla (born in 1881), Pessa (born in 1883) and Ides (born in 1886) and brother Szlama (born in 1889). In 1908, Pessa Radzik married Mendel Strzyg – their son Lewi (born 1911) was a grain merchant.
Mendel Jakub and Hinda Małka Perelgryc were the parents of Lejbusz Eliasz (born in 1901), Chana Rachela (born in 1903), Miriam Ryfka (born in 1904) and Motel (born in 1911). In 1910, Mendel Jakub and Hinda Małka bought a tenement house in Płock at 3 Józefa Kwiatka Street, which was the property of their family until the outbreak of World War II.
The youngest son of Mendel Jakub and Hinda Małka – Motel in the interwar period worked as a locksmith and mechanic. His wife was Chaja Sura née Moszkowicz (born in 1914). Lejbusz Eliasz and Miriam Ryfka immigrated to Israel (respectively in 1925 and 1936). Chana Rachela married Lejb Pszenica.
During the Nazi occupation, Motel Perelgryc was deported to Treblinka, where he participated in the armed uprising that broke out on August 2, 1943. He died a heroic death in the Treblinka II camp. During the Holocaust, Chana Rachela and Hinda Małka and Motel’s wife also died.
Lejbusz Eliasz changed his name to Arye Pnini. He died in 1979. Miriam Ryfka died in 1972 in Tel Aviv.
Feliks Tuszyński – a painter and miniaturist, he was the son of Icek and Sura née Bajbok. He was born on July 19, 1921 in Płock. During the Nazi occupation he was in the ghetto in Łódź, then in the camp in Auschwitz. In 1944 […]
The oldest mention of the Sadzawka family in Płock dates back to 1810 – on June 22, in the Płock Notarial Office, a purchase contract was concluded for the sale of part of the property located at Synagogalna Street (mortgage number 39) between Józef Markus […]
Jehuda Lejb Margolies (1787-1811) – son of Asher Zelig, was a rabbi who at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries managed the spiritual life of the Jewish community in Płock. Before 1793 he was a rabbi in Szczebrzeszyn, Włocławek and Bodzanów. He was associated with Płock in the period from 1798 to 1805. He was considered an enlightened opponent of the Hasidim, he was interested in the Enlightenment movement, which was promoted by Mojżesz Mendelsohn. He became famous as the author of two works: “Or Olam” and “Pri-Twuah”, which stood out from the rabbinical literature of the time with a bold approach to the issue of faith and knowledge. As I. Schipper writes in the book “Seven hundred years of the Jewish community in Płock”, in “Or Olam” Margolies aimed to encourage Jews to study natural sciences. A task that needed considerable courage at the time, given the hostile attitude of the rabbis to anything that entered the field of secular science. Margolies’s work included arguments about chemistry, anatomy and physiology, as well as his remarks and considerations in connection with the discovery of America, which he considered a breakthrough in the history of the development of natural sciences. His work made a huge impression, as evidenced by the fact that in 1777-1783 it had three editions. Margolies also stigmatized the rule of the kahal nobles, who favored the Polish magnates and at the same time oppressed the Jewish poor. He was concerned with the spread of Hasidism in Poland. He represented the Płock kehilla during the Jewish kehilla conventions – he presented various proposals concerning the rights of Jews regarding kosher tax or military service. In the years 1805-1811 he was the rabbi of Frankfurt (Oder). He was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Słubice.
Bibliography:
Shipper I., Siedemset lat gminy żydowskiej w Płocku, Lviv 1938
Maurycy Markusfeld (1849-1900) – sworn lawyer in Płock in 1889-1900. He was the son of a respected doctor of medicine and the first doctor of the St. Valentine hospital in Kutno in the years 1844-1850, Samuel Stanisław Markusfeld (1810-1880) and Emilia née Lewensztajn. Maurycy Markusfeld […]
Beniamin Koryto (born 1802, Sochaczew) and Tyla nee Sierota (born 1804, Służewo) were the first of the Koryto family to settle down in Płock (more about the Koryto family – link). Israel (born 1847), one of their sons, married Gitla Tauba nee Szmiga (born 1854). […]
Maksymilian Eljowicz (1890-1942) – painter, born in Raciąż as the son of the craftsman Chaim Pinkas. At the beginning of the 20th century, his family moved to Płock. Here Maximilian started studying, then working in a watchmaker’s workshop. Since an early age he showed outstanding capabilities for painting and drawing, he began studying at the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw, under the direction of Stanisław Lenc. He continued his artistic education in Paris and Munich. He exhibited his works in Warsaw and Płock, including the Płock Art Exhibition in the Artistic Club of Płock in 1932. He painted portraits, landscapes, nudes and still lifes. Color played an important role in his painting. He was a lecturer at the Drawing and Painting Courses in Warsaw, which operated at the Jewish Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts. He also dealt with interior decoration and shop windows. His friends were Icchok Lejb Perec and Noach Dawidsohn. During the occupation, Maksymilian Eljowicz was in the Warsaw Ghetto. He was murdered in Treblinka with his wife Stefania née Frendler (born in 1898) and son. His works remain in the collections of the Scientific Society of Płock, the Diocesan Museum in Płock and the Emmanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw.
Bibliography:
Askanas K., Sztuka Płocka, Płock 1991
Mórawski K., Kartki z dziejów Żydów warszawskich, Warszawa 1993
Przedpełski J., Stefański J., Żydzi płoccy w dziejach miasta, Płock 2012
Dr Roman (Rywen) Pakuła was the son of Mojżesz Aron and Enta, his family lived at 4 Grodzka Street in Płock. Below we publish two texts devoted to this extraordinary citizen of Płock and a valued scientist. Doctor Roman Pakuła – a biographical sketch prepared […]
