Visit in Sokolow

Guy, who is an officer in Israeli army, visited Sokolow yesterday. His grandmother, Miriam Tzudiker and her family, used to live in the town (2 Piękna Street).
Thank you Guy for coming!

Tzudiker Family

After the war, in an American refugee camp in Germany - the surviving family - my father - standing on the left, his sister Tauba and her husband Izik Szmerlak and Mirele Tzudiker - my father's sister. Sitting - my grandparents - Moshe and Chaya Tzudiker, on lap - Frida Szmerlak and little girl Leya - both Tauba's daughters

My father's family after coming to Israel in 1948.
My father - on the right behind, his sister - Mirele Tzudiker and her fiance Joseph Last from Łuków. Their parents - Moshe Tzudiker Hacohen and his wife Chaya Tzudiker

Joseph-Shaye Tzudiker, my father's brother and his cousin Elii Wechter.

The Tzudiker - Wechter Family

Moshe Tzudiker Hacohen,  my  grandfather , was born in 1895 in Warsaw to Rachel and Ze'ev Tzudiker Hacohen.  He was 5 years old both his parents died and he was sent to his uncle who raised him. When he was 18 years old  he left religious life and became secular.  After he got married he came close once again to religion; kept sabbat, went to the synagogue,  not   too religious but he tried to make the best he could.
My grandmother, Chaya Gitle was born in Sokolow Podlaski  in 1894 to Avraham-Ber and Channa Wechter (Gryn). Her father was a rabbai , a well appreciated man and a very talented tailor.
During the summer vacation when she was 17, the family sent her to Warsaw to their family's house to work as a maid and bring home some money. This is how she met my grandfather.

Moshe and Chaya

My grandfather left Warsaw and came to live with her and her family in Sokolow. My grandfather had only one brother, Srul (Israel) Tzudiker, who stayed in Warsaw with their uncle. During the summer vacations he used the spend time in Sokolow with his brother. During the war time he was a student in Warsaw University, studying history.