Henryk (Chaskiel) Szenwic (1906-1943) – electrical engineer. He was a graduate of theKing Władysław Jagiełło Middle School in Płock and the Electrotechnical Institute in Toulouse. He worked on the construction of the Municipal Power Plant in Płock. From 1933 he was a member of “Dionizy […]
To commemorate the 81st anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto in Płock, we encourage you to light a symbolic candle at the Jewish cemetery on Mickiewicza Street on February 21 – March 1. In this way, let us show our remembrance and respect for […]
Roman Londyński (1830-1890) – doctor of medicine. He was born in Płock on January 15, 1830 in the family of a grain merchant, Zachariasz Londyński. He completed his medical studies in Moscow in 1850. He received his medical doctor degree from the Medical Council of the Kingdom of Poland in 1859. In 1851 he was a district doctor in Lipno, from where he soon moved to Sierpc. In 1852 he was appointed a doctor of the Radzyń poviat. Then he was a medical inspector of the Łomża province. He died on July 24, 1890 in Łomża.
As part of the 81st anniversary of the liquidation of the ghetto in Płock, the Nobiscum Foundation would like to invite you on 21 February 2022, 12 p.m. CET, to the premiere of the film “Black skies. The fate of Płock Jews in the years […]
Where did Jewish families live in the Płock poviat before the war? We decided to check and research one of the communes – Rogozino. In the records of this commune, kept in the resources of the State Archives in Płock, there are registers of residents […]
Jerozolimska Street was one of the main streets of the former Jewish district in Płock.
Moszek Szlama Sarna (1838-1908) lived in the house at number 20. In 1884 he built the first iron foundry in the town. Pre-war artists Dawid (1915-2002) and Feliks (1922-2016) Tuszyński lived in the tenement house at number 6. They are commemorated by a plaque with a characteristic painting palette, designed by Stanisław Płuciennik.
Before the war, 31 companies were registered at Jerozolimska Street, including Abram Jakubowicz’s haberdashery store (house No. 1), Mendel Skórnik’s cotton wool shop (house No. 8), Fincia Taub’s shoemaker’s shop (house No. 14), David Edelsztajn’s leather shop (house No. 17), Szlama Florek’s tailor shop (house No. 17) ) and the shoe store of Aron Luzer Szmidt (house No. 19). The last pre-war owners of the tenement houses at Jerozolimska Street were: Mariem Kon (house No. 1), Abram Morsztejn (No. 2), successors of Papierczyk (No. 3), Lejzor and Abram Granat (No. 4), Izrael Majeranc and successors of Lichtygier (No. 5) , Estera Bajla Szejnwald (No. 6), Josek Taube (No. 7), successors of Froim Nejman (No. 8), successors of Ruchla Redlic and Ruchla Zylbersztajn (No. 9), successors of Bina Raca Rubinsztajn (No. 10), Markus and Ajdla Braun (No. 11), Mariem Ryfka Bursztyn (No. 12), Szmul Lejb Prusak (No. 13), Azriel, Cypra and Chudesa Bursztyn (No. 14), Hinda Sakwa (No. 15), Icek Dach (No. 16), Izrael Chaim Rotblat and Kirszenbaum (No. 17), Chana Łaja Dancygier (No. 18), Hersz Józef Chewel (No. 19a), Aron Szmidt (No. 19), Mendel Luszyński, Gustaw and Estera Zielonka (No. 20).
Although Nachum Sokołow was born in Wyszogród, he spent his childhood and youth in Płock. The Old market Square, where he lived with his parents and siblings and studied Latin with professor Walenty Masłowski, Synagogalna Street and the Dancygier School, which he attended, the park […]
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 […]
