Szmuel Penson (1865-1939) – melamed, publicist, son of Izrael and Estera née Segał. He was born in the town of Olkieniki in south-eastern Lithuania. In the 1890s he came to Płock, and in 1896 he married Itta Kajla née Landau (born 1868), the daughter of […]
Izrael Wolf Cynamon – teacher, son of Aron Hersz and Estera née Goldszyd, was born on January 1, 1883 in Płock. As a boy, he attended private studies, then he passed the exam at the government middle school in Płock and received a certificate of […]
In 1926, a great campaign was organized in Poland to collect signatures with wishes in tribute to the American people in memory of the 150th anniversary of the independence of the United States. This event was attended, among others, by schools in Płock, including the 7-grade Public Primary School No. 4, headed by Ide Mania Kahan, and the 7-grade Public Primary School No. 8, headed by Masza (Maria) Bromberger. Teachers and children placed their signatures on specially prepared sheets, which today are an extremely valuable source of knowledge about school communities of this period.
The collection of wishes from 5.5 million Polish citizens is stored in the US Library of Congress.
Julian Stryjkowski (before the war known as Pesach Stark) (1905-1996) – writer, author of, among others the novels “Głosy w ciemności” [“Voices in Darkness”] (1956), “Austeria” (1966), “Sen Azrila” [“Azril’s Dream”] (1975), “Czarna róża” [“Black Rose”] (1962), “Przybysz z Narbony” [“Stranger from Narbonne”] (1978). He […]
Chana Sura Klejn (born in 1912 in Płock) – teacher, daughter of Jojne and Chana Rojza. A graduate of the Zofia Bukowiecka State Teachers’ College for Women in Płock (she received the diploma of a primary school teacher in 1931). She was the head of […]
Leon Kaufman was born in 1872 in Pawłów (formerly the property of Strachacz), on the estate of his grandfather Wolf Kaufman. He was the son of the trader Moszek Aron and Hinda née Kirsztejn. Before 1875, Leon, together with his sister Łucja and his parents, moved to his mother’s hometown – Płock, where he lived in a tenement house at 6 Grodzka Street.
He studied in Wojciech Gerson’s Drawing Class in Warsaw, the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1902 he settled permanently in France. He participated, among others in the exhibitions of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, the Society for the Protection of Jewish Children, the exhibitions of the Autumn Salon in Paris, Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and Salon des Tuileries. He has also exhibited in London, Venice, Vienna, Rome and Milan.
He died on May 27, 1933 in Louveciennes, France.
Lejb Abrahamowicz Rakowski (around 1817-1893) – a rabbi of Płock, an outstanding Talmudist. Son of Abram and Paja. His wife was Fajga née Horwitz (approx. 1818-1878), daughter of Moszek Chaim and Cypra née Frenkiel, with whom he had sons Abba Józef (born 1857), Jankiel Moszek […]
Juda Lejb Złotnik (1888-1962) – rabbi, son of Abram Icek and Chana Nacha née Lisser. He was the half-brother of rabbi Jonasz Markus Złotnik (1858-1922). In Płock, he attended one of the cheders and graduated from the rabbinical seminary in Olsztyn. In 1910, he passed […]
Chaskiel Lipszyc (1857-1932) – rabbi, Talmudist, writer and social activist. The son of Rabbi Hillel and Chaja, he came from the Eastern Borderlands. From 1887 he was a rabbi in Jurburg, then in Bausk. In the years 1894-1906 he was a rabbi in Płock. He was a co-founder of the Jewish Charity Society. During his stay in Płock, he wrote a work entitled Hamidrasz Wehamaase, containing comments on the Torah. From 1906 he was a rabbi in Kalisz. In 1918 he was elected to the Kalisz Town Council. He was a member of the presidium of the Jewish Agency in Paris, president of the National Association of Rabbis in Poland, chairman of the organization “Lina Hacedek” and an honorary member of the board of “Moszaw Zkejnim” (Old People’s House). He died on March 21, 1932 and was buried in the new Jewish cemetery in Kalisz.
Bibliography:
Przedpełski J., Stefański J., Żydzi płoccy w dziejach miasta, Płock 2012
Jonasz Markus Złotnik (1858-1922) – son of a trader from Wyszogród and owner of an oil mill, Abram Icek Złotnik and Necha nee Walfisz, a Rabbi of Płock in 1908-1922, a social activist. He passed the exam to become a rabbi on January 18, 1890. […]
