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Foreword
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HISTORY OF THE JEWS IN PLOTZK UNTIL THE FIRST WORLD WAR
(1237 - 1914)
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History of the Jews of Plotzk from the Middle Ages until the 17th Century
Foreword
Jewish trade
Legal status of Jews
Taxes
Communal ("Kehila") Organization
Jewish patens of life
Blood libels
Jewish-Christian Relations
Prominent Kehila personalities
Non-resident Jews
Conclusion
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Y. Trunk
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The History of the Jews of Plotzk from the Middle of the 17th Century until World War I
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From the middle of the 16th century until the end of the Polish kingdom
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The Napoleonic period 1793-1813
Under Prussian rule (1783-1807)
Under the Dukedom of Warsaw (1807-1814)
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A period of prosperity and revolt
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Second half of the 19th century
Social and health institutions
The Vaad Hakehila (Community Council) and the Rabbinate
Economic life
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The years preceding World War I 1900-1914
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Y. Trunk
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Activities of the Plotzk Jewish Community
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Dr. Y. Schipper
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25
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The Minute-Book of the Tailors' Union
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Dr. E. Ringelblum
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25
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The Privileges of the Jews in Plock
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Michael Szperling
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H-74
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R' Moshe Ben Israel Wasserzug
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E.E.
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Avraham Yaacov Papierna (1840-1919); a Teacher and Literary Critic
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S. Greenspan
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Aharon ben Moshe Kahanstam (Konstam)
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E. Eisenberg
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Lives of Famous Plotzk Rabbis
R' Yehuda Leib Margoulis
R' Zysza Plotzker
R' Shmuel Ben Azriel
R' Arye Leib Zunz (Reb Leibele Charif)
R' Abraham of Ciechanow – the Plotzker "Ilui"
R' Yissachar Dov Graubart – N. Sokolov's Rabbi
R' Eleazar Cohen
R' Azriel Arye Leib Rakowski, the fighting "mitnaged"
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S. Greenspan
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Jewish Life in Plotzk in the light of Hebrew Periodicals of the Second Half of the19th Century
Itzhak Grinbaum and Aharon Becker - pillars of Zionism in Plotzk
The pre-Zionist epoch of Nahum Sokolov
Education and cultural life
Public institutions and social work
Relations with Polish neighbors
Emigration
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S. Greenspan
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Nahum Sokolov's Youth
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F. Sokolov
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Płock Hassidim and Nahum Sokolov
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Kurt Blumenfeld
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H-130
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Fragments of Memories
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I. Grinbaum
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H-131
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Beginnings of Zionism in Plotzk
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I. Grinbaum
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Inauguration of the first Jewish Gymnasium
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Y. M. Zlotnik
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Memories of the Past
Gerer Hassidim
The Beth Midrash
Spirit of progress
Rabbi R' Yecheskel Lipszyc
Family Kampner
"Amcha" near the "Iron Gate"
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S. Rozen
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Memories of a pupil of the Russian Gymnasium
10% only to the children of the Jews
In the school of the teacher Jarzombek
The problems of the Jewish pupils; the teacher of religion: A. J. Papierna
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Jakob Brozda
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H-141
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The value "Płock" in various encyclopedias
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H-145
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A Jewish settlement from the 11th century is discovered
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H-145
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Jewish Plotzk during the First World War
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I. Tynski
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THE PLOTZK JEWISH COMMUNITY BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS 1918-1939
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COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, SOCIAL WORK, ECONOMIC LIFE, NEIGHBOURHOOD RELATIONS
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The Jewish Kehila of Plotzk ("Vaad Hakehila" – secretary memoirs)
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Y. Ben-Shai (Fuchs)
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Institutions and Organizations in Płock at 1934
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(from "Kalendarz-informator Mazowsza Płockiego
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H-208
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Płock – in "Almanach Gmin Zydowskich" 1939
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H-208
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The Jewish Hospital on the name of Icchak Fogel
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A. Shmueli (Plutzer)
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Ezrat Holim
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The Jewish Orphanage ("Ochronka")
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G. Puk
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"Charity saves from death" (the image of a popular welfare activist)
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Halina Woitkowski Szlechter, source: Dina Berland
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H-212
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Cooperative Banks and Trade Unions
Banks
The Credit bank
Other financial institutions
Professional associations
The tailors organization in Płock
The transportation workers unions
The trade unions of office workers and salesmen
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I. G. Chanachowicz (Kent)
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The Small Traders organization
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J. Malonek
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The association of artisans in Płock
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Jehoszua Zwirek
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H-220
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The "Gildene" Street
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B. Gincberg
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The yard of Altman on Szeroka street 10
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Natan Lerman
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H-223
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Grunim (published in "Płocker wart", 1936)
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Chaim Flaks
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H-224
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"Ort" in Płock
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I. Tynski
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Anti-Semitism in Plotzk between the two World-Wars
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E.E.
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The Mariavits Convent and the Jews
Who were the Mariavits?
The Mariavits and the Jews
The Mariavits and the Germans
They did not help the Jews
What happened to the Jewish property?
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I. G. Chanachowicz (Kent)
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EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS LIFE, CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, PERSONALITIES
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The Jewish Gymnasium
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Jewish Primary Education
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I. Ben Shai (Fuchs)
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Shmuel Penson
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B. Grey (Graubart)
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My Father, R' Shmuel Penson
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A. Penson
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Jewish Education in Plotzk
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Prof. D. Eisenberg
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Memories of the melamed Yehiel Meir Kravietz
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A. Sh.
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The Popular Functions of the Jewish Library "Hazamir"
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Prof. D. Eisenberg
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Jubilee to the Jewish library in Płock
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E.E.
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H-249
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Local Theater Groups
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M. Magnes
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Childhood Memories
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M. Zylberberg
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The "small Beth Midrash" of Płock
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Israel Zylberberg
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Y-258
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The arrival of a new rabbi to Płock
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H-259
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The Victim
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Y. Warszawski
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H-260
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The Struggle for Restoring the Good Name of Rabbi H. Shapiro
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A. Hartglas
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Nahum Sokolov and Plotzk
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Y. Warszawski
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Nahum Sokolov's visit to Plotzk and Wyszogrod
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M. Turkow
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Shalom Ash and Plotzk
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M. Zylberberg
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My Uncle, Rabbi Y. L. Avida ("El Zet", R' Yehuda Leib Zlotnik)
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Ruhama Shnir (Zlotnik)
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Rabbi Yehuda Leib Avida (Zlotnik)
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Dr. Nechemia Aloni
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Alfred Blei, The Last Chairman
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Meir (Michael) Koenigsberg
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Zysze Landau
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Melech Rawicz
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Memories of My Father's Home
"Jewish Islands" in a Christian neighborhood
The uniqueness of the Jewish gymnasium of Płock
"Hashomer Hatzair" – the oldest scouts movements in Płock
The summer camps of Hashomer Hatzair
The home of grandfather in Dobrzyn
A new social and cultural framework
The Hebrew youth movement "Akiba" in Płock
Two tragic episodes in Akiba movement; the war burst out
Our escape from home
In Gostynin; granting the nobility title for saving life
First brutalities and abuses by the Nazis
We return to Płock
To the east with a torn refugee identity card
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E. Eisenberg
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POLITICAL PARTIES, YOUTH MOVEMENTS, ZIONIST FUNDS
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The first Zionist fulfillment
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Elisza Jecheskeli (Czrnobroda)
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H-297
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Four friends and their spiritual world
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M. Rubin
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"Agudat Zion"
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The festivities of "L'g Baomer for the national fund
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M. Rubin
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H-303
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Keren Kayemet Activities
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"Zeirei Zion" in Płock
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I. Tynski
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The Agricultural Farm of Moshe Krakowski
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E. E.
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"Hachshara" Kibbutz on the name of "Borochow"
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F. Fliderblum
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Hehalutz, Hehalutz Hatzair and Hapoel
Getting organized
The objection of the extreme religious
"Hehalutz Hatzair" (Young Hehalutz)
The branch activities
Kibbutz Hachshara in town
The visit of the 2 messengers from Eretz Israel
The experiences of the Alyia
"Hapoel"
Training of young sportsmen
Dedication to Jewish sport
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Y. Rosenblum
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Summary of 10 years of "Poalei Zion"
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R. Lichtman
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H-320
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"Mizrahi" Movement
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"Herzlia" Association
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M. Rubin
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"Poalei Zion (Left)"
The First World War
The local politic work after the War
The social-professional activity
The cultural public work
Aftermath
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B. Okolica
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The "Freiheit" Movement
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D. Shahari
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"Agudat Israel" in Płock and the Region
The founding assembly
The educational activity
The members of Agudat Israel in the Community Committee and the Municipality Council
The economic activity
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L. Geliebter
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The Activities of the "Bund"
Under the czarist regime
During the war years
The first years of independent Poland
The visits of the "Bund" leaders
Striving for victory
Last words
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I. M. Oliver (Ilover)
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"Hashomer Hatzair"
The beginning of the movement as a scout Jewish movement
Founding of Hashomer Hatzair in Płock with the Hebrew Gymnasium
Changes of the ideology and the human structure
Two girls of the Płock branch fight against the Nazis
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E. E.
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Revisionists and "Beitar"
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General Zionist Youth Movement
("Hashomer Haleumi" – "Hanoar Hazioni" – "Akiba")
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B. Galewski
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"Akiba" in Płock ("Divrei Akiba" 14.12.1933)
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H-345
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From our own ideas (the ideological struggle for Zionism and Judaism)
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Meir Pagorek
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H-346
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The Local Communist Party
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Sh. P.
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The history of "Maccabi" in Płock
1915
1918
1923
1933
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M. Rubin
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The last two years of "Maccabi"
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A. Najman (Nowicki)
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PLOTZK-BORN JEWISH PAINTERS
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Nathan Korzen – the painter
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H-370
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Nathan Korzen
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Y. Aronson
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Fishl Zylberberg (Zber) (1909-1942)
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He will not be forgotten
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Harry Koren (Korzen)
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H-376
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The exhibition of the works of F. Zylberberg
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H-378
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With Fiszl Zylberberg (Zber) before his tragic death
Stenia Bender (deported to Auschwitz under name "Guta Rozenstein", the wife of Fishl Zber
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Itzchak Furmansky
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H-380
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Yechiel Meir (Maks) Eljowicz, Portrait-Painter
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M. Rubin
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David Tushinsky, Master of Miniatures
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E. E.
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Shmuel Har-Shalom (Fridenberg)
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M. Rubin
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PERSONALITIES, PUBLIC PERSONS
RABBIES, WRITERS, ARTISTS, EDUCATORS, TEACHERS, LEADERS, PUBLIC ACTIVISTS, PARTY AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVISTS< SPORT Leaders etc.
The Lexicon of Biographies
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Collected and Edited by Shlomo Greenspan, Moshe Rubin, Itzhak Ben Ishai (Fuchs) and rabbi Leib Geliebter
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Nachum Sokolov (1860-1936)
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H-391
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Itzhak Grinbaum
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H-393
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Rabbis, dayanim (religious judges) and heads of yeshivot (religious colleges)
R' Yehuda Lajb Avida (Zlotnik) (Rabbi)
R' Adelberg Itzhak (Rabbi)
R' Auerbach Itzhak son of R' Chaim (Rabbi)
R' Auerbach Falk (Rabbi)
R' Ajdelberg Mordechai Dov (the last Rabbi of Płock)
Bzura Matatyahu (Dayan)
R' Ginzburg Abraham Chaim
Hftka Zisman (Dayan)
R' Halberstat Naftali Herc (Rabbi)
R' Szymon Zylberberg (Dayan)
R' Ziskind Aleksander H'Kohen - "R' Zisza Płocker" (Rabbi)
R' Zlotnik Yona Mordechai (Rabbi)
R' Kohen Eliezer (Rabbi)
R' Lipszyc Zeew Wolf (Rabbi)
R' Lipszyc Jecheskel (Rabbi)
R' Landau Abraham the Ciechanow Admu"r
Mendelson Mendel (head of Yeshiva)
Mendelson Moshe son of Mendel (Dayan)
R' Mendelson Beniamin son of Mendel (Rabbi)
R' Margalit Yehuda Leib (Rabbi)
R' Menachem Nachum son of R' Yosef (Rabbi)
R' Pinchas son of R' Yehuda (Rabbi)
R' Cwi Hirsz (Rabbi)
R' Zunz Arie Lejb (R' Lejbele Harif) (Rabbi)
Rubinstein Michael (head of the small Beth Midrash Yeshiva)
R' Rubinstein Fyszel (Rabbi)
Rodabr Szmuel Zysza (head of Yeshiva)
R' Rozebstrauch Mendel (Rabbi)
R' Rakowski Azriel Arie Lejb (Rabbi)
R' Szmuel Ben Azriel (Rabbi)
R' Shapira Chaim (the Płocker Admu"r)
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H-395
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The Lexicon of Biographies
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H-400
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THE HOLOCAUST PERIOD (1939-1945)
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The Jews of Plotzk under the Nazi regime
Until the deportation
Plotzk refugees in exile
Acts of resistance
Plotzk after the Holocaust
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Dr. J. Kermish
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Jews of Plotzk in Exile
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Letters of Płocker Jews from the towns of deportation
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H-506
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Pages in the diary
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Itzhak Tynski
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Y-526
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Jews of Plotzk under the Nazi terror
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D. Dąbrowska
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Testimonies
Lea Moszkowicz
Dina Inowroclawska
Regina Kalman
Felicja (Fela) Ravitzka
Unnamed person
Dr. Hersz Russak
R. Lichtman
Simcha Mintz
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The tortures in the Forced Labor Camp Amsee (near Poznan). All prisoners of this camp were murdered. They worked there for the German Company O. Quast.
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Leib Geliebter
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H-539
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Płock in the chronicle of Ludwik Landau (1909-1944) a Jewish famous economist from Tomaszow Mazowiecki
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H-542
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A Reminder ("Regards")
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H. Elboim-Dorembus
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Between Warsaw and Plotzk
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Michael Zylberberg
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I left the Ghetto
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H. Mairanc-Meiri
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I was a "Submarine" in a Nazi-Camp
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M. Koenigsberg
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A Revolt in Hell, Testimony The horrors and heroism in the camp of Treblinka
Treblinka, historical review
In Płock and with the family
With the slavery labor battalions in Treblinka
The day of the revolt and revenge and its planning
Accumulation of arms and last preparations
The signal is given
Rudek Lubraniecki the hero of Treblinka
The escape from all parts of the camp
In hiding and in action
The trial of Treblinka perpetrator, the German Kurt Franc
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Marian Platkiewicz
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H-544
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I was a mouth of hundreds of thousands murdered victims – (Sobibor trial)
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Moshe Bahir (Szklarek)
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H-553
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The testimony of Moshe Bahir (Szklarek) in the Eichman trial
State archive "The Government Counselor against Adolf Eichman. Testimonies B', pages 1045-1050
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H-555
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Nothing Remain... (a poem)
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Katriel (Kurt) Hazan
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H-558
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To the Jews of Poland (a poem translated from Polish to Hebrew by Zvi Yashiv)
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Wladyslaw Broniewski
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H-559
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Warszawa year 5601 (1941)
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Itzhak Bernsztein
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H-560
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Our Płocker landsleit in Ghetto Warsaw
The first refugees
The period until the erection of the ghetto
The period of the ghetto
The contact with the deportees in the various towns
Days of the deportations
After the Holocaust
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Michael Zylberberg
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H-570
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Escaped from the claws of death (Josef-Jorzek Fiszman – Makowski)
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Prof. Artur Ber
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H-573
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Yizkor – the Martyrs Names (necrology)
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H-575
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POST WAR EFFORTS OF REBUILDING
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Survivors of the fire
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Alfred Blei (30.10.1945)
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H-606
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The activities of the Płocker Survivors Committee
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In liberated Płock – the remembrance assembly of March 3rd, 1946
David Lichtenstein: the first Płocker victims of the war
Talks by Mrs. Koenigsberg, Zielonka, Mr. Cichi (from Drobin), Eisenberg, Platkewicz, Margolin and Alfred Blei, chairman.
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H-608
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Exhumation (21.10.1946)
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H-610
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Summary of the Płocker Survivors Committee activities (1948)
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M. Tirman
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H-611
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The dedication ceremony of the memorial monument to Płock martyrs (built by architect Benjamin Arie Leib Perlmuter)
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H-612
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Jewish Plotzk cannot be rebuilt
The path of agony of the Jews of Płock
Trials of rehabilitation
The plant is not revived
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I. G. Bursztyn
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H-614
Y-619
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I returned Home
Memories and experiences of a refugee upon return after the Holocaust
In a refugees train to Poland
The first encounter with the city, June 1946
Trials to renew life which were destroyed
Szeroka street
The house of Maccabi
A struggle for labor
In the main streets of town
In the "Tumy" boulevard
The grand synagogue
The cemetery
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I. G. Chanachowicz (Kent)
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H-629
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Post- War Activities in Plotzk
A memorial meeting in liberated Plotzk (3.5.1946)
Re-burial ceremony of 25 Nazi victims
Summary of the activities by the committee of Plotzk survivors
Unveiling of the monument (23.10.1949)
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ASSOCIATIONS OF PLOTZK JEWS ALL OVER THE WORLD
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Jews of Plotzk in Israel
Until the foundation of the State of Israel
The activities of the organization in the State of Israel
The book of Płock
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H-643
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The first immigrants ("olim") from Płock in Eretz Israel
Memories of my father home
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Eng. Mordechai Shoshani
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H-648
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Yaacov Tzidkoni (Rechtman) – a Folklore researcher and a collector
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H-651
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In Memoriam
Itzhak Barak (Zeligman) z"l - IDF Lieutenant Colonel
Mordechai Licht z"l - man of Ein Vered
Josef Rosenfeld z"l - fell in Gesher Haziv battle
Eliyahu Kruvi (Kapusta) z"l
Itzhak Rosenfeld z"l
Uri Kinamon z"l
Hersh Cohen z"l - among the founders of "Neve Shaanan" suburb
Yechiel Avivi (Fliderblum) z"l – words about his image
Yaakov Fishman z"l – the Halutz (pioneer) and educator
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History of the Plotzker Young Mens' Association in New York
Members of the committee in 1966:
Pres. – Geo. Seeman
V-Pres. – Dr. K. Bach and C. Okolica
Treas. – S. Bornstein
Fin. Secy. – H. Lipner
Rec. Secy. – J. Gomberg
Trustees – M. Weitzman, J. Bernstein, N. Fink
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H. Lipner
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Shlomo Greenspan, In Memoriam
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Bezalel Okolica
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89
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Plotzk Jews in the Argentine
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90
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Several details about the Płockers in Argentina
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Y-676
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Plotzk Jews in France
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H. Zimmerman
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90
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Last Letter from Menachem Banach, 30.3.1942
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Y-677
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Plotzk Jews in various countries
Australia, England, Los Angeles, Canada
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91
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Illustrations
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Lexicon of Personalities and Pubic Workers (in Hebrew)
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389-445
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Yizkor Lists
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575-605
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