Plonsk, Plonsk District, Warsaw Province, Poland

On the eve of WWII, Plonsk, situated on the Plonka River some 60 km northwest of Warsaw, was home to some 5,000 Jews – about half of the city's total population. This was a community of workmen, tradesmen and Torah scholars, Hassidim, Mitnagdim and Zionists.

On 1 September 1939, the Germans invaded Poland, and on 5 September they conquered Plonsk. On 16 December 1942, the last of the Jews of Plonsk were sent to Auschwitz.

Out of all the Jews living in Plonsk when the Germans invaded, only a few dozen survived the Shoah.

This is the story of the community of Plonsk.

Plonsk before the Holocaust

Before the Holocaust

Plonsk before the Holocaust

During the Holocaust

Jews from Plonsk After the Holocaust

Jews from Plonsk After the Holocaust

Plonsk - Identifying the Town

Plonsk - Identifying the Town