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"Parish Church and Town Hall, Kock" by Zygmunt Vogel circa 1798.
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"View from the Wieprz River, Kock" by Zygmunt Vogel circa 1798.
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"Death of Berek Joselewicz in Kock" by Henryk Pillati circa 1867. Oil on Canvas. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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The grave of Berek Joselewicz, located in modern-day Białobrzegi. Photographed circa 2010 by Ewa Bratosiewicz.
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Anniversary of the Death of Berek Joselewicz held in Kock, photograph date not provided, but likely taken between the 1910's and 1930's.

Both Jews and Christians celebrated Joselewicz, and this picture may depict people from both religions. Obtained through the Kock municipal website.
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A view of the market square (Rynek) during the early 1900's, exact date not provided. Obtained through the Kock municipal website.
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A pre-war celebration of Corpus Christi in Kock. Many of the onlookers closest to the camera are dressed like Hasidic Jews. Obtained through the Kock municipal website.
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A photograph of the Synagogue from the Yizkor Book. It no longer exists after the Nazis forced Jewish residents of Kock to burn it down.
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"Tzadik's house (Rabinówka) in Kock" taken by Wioletta Wejman in 2014. Copyright © "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" (Ośrodek "Brama Grodzka - Teatr NN").

This is likely not the house of the first Kotzker Rebbe, Menachem Mendel, but was the house that his descendant, Abraham Josef Morgensztern, was living in when he was killed during a Nazi air strike.
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The matzevah of Menachem Mendel Morgensztern, the first Kotzker Rebbe. Obtained from the database for the Kock Cemetery maintained by the Foundation for Documentation of Jewish Cemeteries in Poland.
A photo of the ohel for the Morgensztern family at the Kock Jewish Cemetery, taken by Monika Tarajko in 2014. Copyright © "Grodzka Gate - NN Theatre" (Ośrodek "Brama Grodzka - Teatr NN")