Led by: Anna Goc

The book includes stories more or less connected with the town of Płock; however, they are also about the entire world: from the story of the Themerson family, through a report on Chawa Złoczewer (also known as Eve Adams), whose fate crossed with the fate of Małgorzata Gałkowska, a Płock-born actress of the National Stary Theatre in Krakow, to the tragic story of Chaim Shapiro. The book also includes a story of a heroic hairdresser from Treblinka, and also a story about people seeking mezuzah traces in Warsaw… This book focuses not only on people but also on places.

Rafał Kowalski is a graduate of the Department of Journalism and Political Sciences of the University of Warsaw. He defended his PhD thesis in the field of political sciences at the University of Warsaw. He is a researcher of the history of Polish Jews and the Director of the Museum of Mazovian Jews in Płock. He wrote several books, among them: “Iluj. Genialny młodzieniec” (2023), „Płoccy wypędzeni. Marzec ’68” (2018), “Raz jeszcze. Żydzi, Płock, Polska” (2016), he is also an author of a theater play “Czarne czereśnie” (2016). He was honored with the “Preserving Memory” award, which is awarded to Poles engaged in preserving the heritage of Polish Jews and the Polish-Jewish dialogue.

In Polish.
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