The Nobiscum Foundation is pleased to announce its new project, which we implement for everyone in Płock in 2021 thanks to funding received in the 10th edition of the competition for non-governmental organizations of the Grant Fund for Płock.
Płock within your reach is a series of 10 films available online via the foundation’s website and our social media channels, thanks to which we will tell you about the history of Płock monuments – those currently existing in the city space, but also those that have disappeared. We will look at places usually inaccessible to visitors, tell you about interesting facts, discover unknown information, talk with the administrators of these monuments and history enthusiasts. While visiting the location, we will also tell you about people – entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, social activists, representatives of various nationalities and religions who have co-created Płock for years, and the whole world uses the achievements of some of them to this day.
All the films will be availabe in Polish, with Polish and English subtitles.
In the first episode of the series, Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska discusses the history of the synagogues of Płock, of which one survived in the city space, but from the film you will also learn about other interesting facts: do you know that in 1872 there were as many as 45 private prayer houses in Płock? We invite you to watch the film on our facebook, Youtube and Vimeo channels!
In the second episode of the series “Płock within your reach”, which the Nobiscum Foundation is preparing thanks to the funding received from the Grant Fund for Płock, the history of one of the oldest churches in Płock is discussed by Gabriela Nowak-Dabrowska, historian and vice president of the Nobiscum Foundation, and Fr. Marcin Kowalewski, priest of the St. Maximilian Kolbe parish!
The film is available in Polish, with Polish and English subtitles on our channels:
The third episode of the series “Płock within your reach” is devoted to the history of Jewish cemeteries and the mikveh in Płock – the most important, next to synagogues, places associated with the local Jewish community.
The film is available in Polish, with Polish and English subtitles on our channels:
In the fourth episode of the series Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska discusses the history of the Darmstadt House located at 8 Old Market Square in Płock, where the Berliński Hotel operated in the 19th century, the author of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann as well as a doctor from Włocławek, Dawid Wassercug used to live, and where from 1885 Ludwik Flatau ran his banker’s office.
In the fifth episode, we stay in the Old Market Square, this time looking mostly at the history of its northern frontage. Here lived, among others, historian and writer Wincenty Hipolit Gawarecki, musician and composer Gustaw Lewita or the writer and pre-war activist Nachum Sokolov, known especially in the Jewish world. From the stories of Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska you will also learn, for example, the history of the characteristic tenement house with number 17 or the popular building at the intersection of the Old Market Square with Grodzka and Jerozolimska Streets.
In the sixth episode of the series Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska and a special guest of the episode – Fr. Eliasz Tarasiewicz, pastor of the Orthodox parish of Transfiguration of the Lord in Płock – will talk about the history of the now defunct Orthodox church in Płock, the present seat of the parish and the chapel of St. Archangel Michael located at the cemetery at Norbertańska Street.
The seventh episode of the series is devoted to one of the most popular streets in the Old Town – Grodzka. Gabriela Nowak-Dąbrowska talks about the history of its tenement houses, but also people – this is where many of them lived or ran their businesses and initiatives, including Mieczysław Themerson, a doctor and writer, and his son, Stefan, the world-renowned avant-garde artist, Roza Holcman, the first woman lawyer in Płock, booksellers – Izydor Wasserman and the Kempner family, and Mieczysław Goldberg, a writer and activist.
In the eighth episode we visit the Narutowicza Square. It is here that many historic buildings with a rich history are located, the Płock Scientific Society is based as well, the square also witnessed important historical events, such as the defense of Płock against the Bolshevik invasion in 1920.
In the ninth episode of the series will look at some of Płock’s technical monuments: old mills, factories, power plants and the water tower. Most of them are still waiting to be renovated and regain their splendor. Let’s go on a tour of industrial Płock from the past.
The tenth and last episode of the series is dedicated to places and people associated with Mariavitism. We visit the Temple of Mercy and Charity and the monastery buildings, as well as the Mariavite cemetery in Płock.