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. […]
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 and placing them in the Jewish cemetery at Mickiewicza Street in the future. Our letter was signed by local activists, tour guides, historians, employees of institutions and descendants of Płock Jews: Monika Niedźwiecka, Małgorzata Pawłowska, Zbigniew Jaszczak, Dorota Zaremba, Piotr Gryszpanowicz, Hanna Witt-Paszta, Roman Paszta, Katarzyna Chojnowska, Dariusz Kryszak, Radosław Łabarzewski, Sandra Brygart Rodriguez, Tomer Bomzon, Arieh Bomzon, Adam Kotkiewicz, Artur Jaroszewski and Rafał Kowalski (in random order).
In the reply we received, Mayor Andrzej Nowakowski informed us that preparatory work is currently underway to select a contractor to develop design and cost documentation for the development of the cemetery area and the areas around the cemetery, as well as modernization of the Park on the Hill, and assured us that the municipality would make every effort so that the matzevot, both those already collected and those extracted during the upcoming renovation of the park, are inventoried and placed in the Jewish cemetery (mounted in the wall separating the northern and southern parts).
We would like to thank the Mayor for this important declaration!
You can read the entire correspondence below – in Polish. Full English translation coming to JewishPlock.eu soon.
🇬🇧 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 […]
Beniamin Lejb Sztucki – the last Jew who lived in Płock until the end.
Beniamin Lejb Sztucki was born on January 13, 1903, in the family of a merchant, Moszek and Gitla née Niedźwiedz. Due to a hearing impairment, he did not work professionally and was dependent on his father. His wife was Basia née Niedźwiedz, with whom he had three children. During World War II, he was a prisoner of concentration camps in Auschwitz and Dachau. Almost his entire family was murdered by the Nazis. Beniamin returned to Płock after the war. He worked at the Gershon Dua Knitting Work Cooperative, which began its activity in 1949, in the building of the synagogue at 7 Kwiatka Street. As we read in the work of Jan Przedpełski and Jerzy Stefański “Żydzi płoccy w dziejach miasta” [“Jews of Płock in the history of the city”], he remained faithful to Jewish religion and tradition until the end of his life. He died on July 21, 1994. He was buried in the municipal cemetery in Płock.
🇬🇧 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 […]
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 of the series, we will organize workshops inspired by the works of Fiszel Zylberberg (1909-1942) and the brothers Feliks (1921-2016) and Devi (1914-2002) Tuszyński, which will be conducted by Mariola Adamska – a long-time employee of the Art Department of the Mazovian Museum in Płock (as well as the co-author of the scenario of the permanent exhibition devoted to Art Deco), currently associated with the Municipal Cultural Center in Płońsk, a meeting with Krzysztof Bielawski – a researcher of Jewish cemeteries and publicist, author of the book “Destruction of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland”, lectures on, among others, historical sources for the history of Jews from Płock in the collection of the State Archives in Płock, which will be led by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska, as well as genealogy workshops.
More information about the project coming soon!
On our graphics: a photograph of Synagogalna Street in Płock, 1918 (from the collection of the Scientific Society of Płock).
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 […]
