On the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the defense of Płock against the Bolsheviks, we recall the Jews of Płock who joined the Polish Army as volunteers during the Bolshevik invasion in 1920 As Szmul Grojnem Wasserman, born in 1897, wrote: “In July 1920 […]
On Saturday, March 23, at 6 p.m., the Nobiscum Foundation invites everyone to join us at the Darmstadt House at 8 Old Market Square for the premiere of our latest publication, this time addressed to younger readers – the book “Adam and his Płock” by […]
The cold winter of 1941. Against the background of a neglected building on Kwiatka Street in Płock, six people stand in the snow. Chawa Papierczyk – a young woman with dark, smoothly combed hair, parted in the middle. A smile appears on her face. All pre-war photos of Chawa show her as a joyful, smiling woman. Rachelka is standing in front of her. She is three and a half years old. Mother and daughter pose with Bajla Lichtensztajn (Chawa’s mother) and Icek Grosman (grandfather) and (probably) Mojsze Lichtensztajn and Majer Grosman.
There are round patches on Chawa’s and Icek’s coats, on the left side of their chests…
The photo was taken in the Płock ghetto. A little over a month before its liquidation in February and early March 1941. Chawa wrote on its back the date “January 9, 1941” and further we read: “Abram! May this photo ease your suffering and longing for us…” Chawa, Rachelka, Bajla, Icek, Mojsze and Majer shared the fate of thousands of Płock Jews deported to the transit camp in Działdowo and further to various towns of the Radom district. Today is the 83rd anniversary of the beginning of the liquidation of the Płock ghetto and deportation of its residents.
The photo comes from the private collection of Itai Vishnia. It is one of several dozen photographs that will be included in a publication devoted to the Papierczyk family prepared by the Nobiscum Foundation, entitled “For you, who will never be forgotten…”
Thanks to co-funding of the City of Płock, this autumn our new guidebook by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska will be published, this time dedicated to Kwiatka Street! We are preparing the publication in connection with the 150th anniversary of birth of Józef Kwiatek – a socialist activist, […]
On 1 February 2024, at a meeting organized at the Jewish Historical Institute, the director of the institute, Monika Krawczyk, and the director of the Treblinka Museum, Edward Kopówka, signed an agreement on cooperation in creating the museum’s permanent exhibition. The opening is scheduled for […]
On January 27, on the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in 1945, the International Holocaust Remembrance Day is held. This day was designated by the UN General Assembly on November 1, 2005.
For many years, the Shalom Foundation has been inviting people to join the commemoration of the victims of the Holocaust by lighting a candle in the window. As Gołda Tencer appeals: “On this day, we would like to recall the shadows of those murdered in the ghettos and camps, a lit candle will be a symbol of remembrance. We appeal to everyone to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust on this day at 6:00 p.m. by placing a lit candle in the window. It is everyone’s duty to “Make sure that the light of remembrance never goes out in our consciousness.”
In response to the appeal of the Shalom Foundation, we encourage you to light a candle in your window on January 27 at 6 p.m.
Our duty is to remember.
Exactly 150 years ago, on January 22, 1874, born in Płock was Józef Kwiatek – socialist activist, journalist and the patron of the street that was once the heart of the Jewish district. His biography can be found on the JewishPlock.eu website: https://jewishplock.eu/en/jozef-kwiatek-en/
On October 14, 1943, an uprising of prisoners led by Aleksander “Sasza” Peczerski broke out in the German Nazi extermination camp in Sobibór. One of the participants of the rebellion was Moshe Bahir (Szklarek) from Płock (1927-2002). As he recalled years later, the Sobibór camp […]
Our exhibition “Szenwic. The story of one family” is now available online!
The exhibition prepared by the Nobiscum Foundation presents the history of members of a Jewish family associated with Płock since the beginning of the 19th century. The exhibition includes family photographs and documents from the State Archives in Łódź and the State Archives in Płock, which is a project partner. The exhibition was created thanks to the cooperation and involvement of family members who live today in Poland, Italy and other countries and was produced thanks to co-funding of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland.
The event was included in the program of the European Days of Jewish Culture 2023, held under the name “Memory”.
Link to the online exhibition: https://jewishplock.eu/en/szenwicfamily/
The Nobiscum Foundation would like to invite everyone to read a new guidebook that we have published. The publication entitled “In the footsteps of Jewish artists from Płock” by Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska, published thanks to the co-funding of the City of Płock, is dedicated to Jewish […]
