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 […]
An inconspicuous one-story house at the exit of Sienkiewicza Street, at number 64. Every day it falls into more and more decay. At first glance, it does not stand out as anything special, although its history and the history of its residents is unique. These […]
🇬🇧 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the uprising of the prisoners of the German Nazi death camp Treblinka II. In connection with this anniversary and thanks to the financial support of the City of Płock, the Nobiscum Foundation will produce a film project entitled “The last path of their lives. People of Płock in the Uprising in Treblinka”.
The aim of our production will be to present the Jewish people from Płock who participated in the uprising: Marian Platkiewicz, Motel Perelgryc, Rudek Lubraniecki and Chaskiel Rozenberg. ✡️
The guests of our film will be, 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. During a recent meeting with us, Ewa Teleżyńska-Sawicka and Paweł Sawicki said:
“According to Jewish tradition, a man dies three times: the first time – when he dies physically, the second time – at the funeral. The third death occurs when no one from the living speaks his name anymore…”
In the photo, one of the heroes of our project – Motel Perelgryc, Płock, 1930s (photo from the private collection of Guy Shapiro)
Monika Niedźwiecka and her students from the Complex of Economics and Merchant Schools in Płock take part in the Daffodils Campaign every year. Also today, on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, they created a magazine dedicated to women – […]
🇬🇧 This summer, thanks to the financial support of the City of Płock, the Nobiscum Foundation will organize a project addressed to Płock’s senior residents entitled “Achavah. A series of workshops and meetings with the history and culture of Jews from Płock”. ✡️ As part […]
22 March marks the 125th birth anniversary of Beniamin Perelmuter (1898-1952)
Beniamin (Beniamin Lejb) Perelmuter was born on March 22, 1898 as the son of Majer, a merchant from Łuck (Volyn province) and Liwcia nee Kon. He was born in the house of the heirs of Hersz Domb at 31 Warszawska Street. Currently, in this place there is a open field which belongs to the Centre for Culture and Arts in Płock (former sports field). Beniamin Perelmuter was a graduate of the Polish Middle School and the Faculty of Architecture of the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1931, he received a diploma in architectural engineering. He took part in the September Campaign. He spent the occupation as a lieutenant of the Polish Army in the oflag in Dobiegniew. His wife and son were murdered in the Treblinka extermination camp. After the war, he worked on the reconstruction of houses on Wiejska Street in Warsaw and the “Dom Słowa Polskiego” graphic studio on Miedziana Street. He died in Warsaw on February 6, 1952. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery at Okopowa Street.
Beniamin Perelmuter was the author of the Monument to the Memory of the Jews of Płock at the cemetery at Mickiewicza Street, on the grave of the first 25 victims of Nazi barbarism, murdered in Imielnica. The initiator of the erection of the monumental tomb, which in terms of architecture was to commemorate the martyrdom and tragic fate of all Jews from Płock, was the District Jewish Committee in Płock and the Civic Committee for the Construction of the Monument operating at it. The patronage over the construction, which began in 1948, was taken by the secretary general of the Joint, Józef Gitler-Barski, whose wife, Celina Gitler-Barska née Klinkowsztejn, came from Płock. The ceremonial unveiling of the monument took place on October 23, 1949.
JewishPlock.eu enters its fifth year! Family albums, biographies, information on places related to the Jewish community of the city of Płock – we develop and supplement these materials on constant basis, and the content published on the website is often accompanied by extensive historical research. […]
