Sokolow tombstone

Any chance any of you know where this tombstone is? What city, what place?

It's a picture from the Yizkor Book, but there's no caption.

September 22

Today we commemorated our Jewish neighbours who on September 22, 1942 were murdered by the Germans and their co-perpetrators on the streets of Sokolow. We read testimonies of Aaron Elster, Golda Ryba, Simcha Poliakewicz and Josek Kopyto.

Thank you all who were there today!

The board of the Jewish community in Sokolow, Kosow and Sterdyn in 1918

During World War I, the Germans were also stationed in Sokolow. Their rule of occupation was associated with high taxes and a lack of food among the population (food had to be donated to the army). On the other hand, the Germans allowed the founding of both Jewish and non-Jewish social organizations for the first time. In 1918, they organized elections to the board of the Jewish community in Sokolow, Kosow and Sterdyn.

In Sokolow, the following were elected to the board: Mozes Borychowski, Srul Henoch Schwarzwort, Mozes Lustigman, Hersz Towia Ber and their deputies: Alter Kafowy, Jakow Edelsztein, Rochmiel Rybak, Jakow Kiwajko.

In Kosow, the following were elected to the board: Sindel Lehrmann, Abram Zelaniec, Abram Mozesohn, Mozes Flamm and their deputies: Szlama Weisberg, Majer Rowiński, Izak Brzoza and Józef Kiczkowski.

In Sterdyn the following were elected to the board: Abram Wajngart, Chaskiel Srence, Berek Kotlarski, Judko Ceranko and their deputies: Abram Bromberg, Szlama Goldberg, Chune Radzyński, Icek Styczyński.

We are all Sokolowers

 This year we didn't organize a ceremony in Sokolow but instead we organized a virtual ceremony on zoom. We are all Sokolowers - in Poland, Israel, US and even in Wien 🙂

Thank you all for being here today!

And watch a video about Jewish history of Sokolow! 

https://youtu.be/Uh5Yggckj3I

Upamiętnienie ofiar likwidacji getta

22 września 1942 r. Niemcy rozpoczęli likwidację getta w Sokołowie Podlaskim. Ponad połowa mieszkańców miasta - Żydzi, którzy przez pokolenia przyczyniali się do rozwoju Sokołowa - została wywieziona do Treblinki. Upamiętniliśmy tę tragiczną rocznicę, odczytując fragment książki Simchy Poliakewicza "Dzień w Treblince". Fragment swojego opowiadania "Droga do Treblinki", inspirowanego prawdziwymi wydarzeniami, przeczytała nauczycielka SP1, Wiesława Kwiek. Psalm 23 odczytał nauczyciel SP3, Jacek Odziemczyk.

Ceremony in Sokolow

I invite you on Sunday, September 22, at 3pm for the ceremony commemorating the Sokołów Jews who were killed during the war.

Uroczystość upamiętniająca sokołowskich Żydów

Commemoration

Sokolow Community

Dear friends,
First and foremost, it is so exciting for me (I am Shoshi Shatit, Israel) to see that more and more descandants of SP Community are joing in and are eager to track and keep memory going. As a child , I always used to hear my parents say-"There's no one left". This increasing number of people who are joining us shows this phrase wasn't exact- it depends if you look back or look forward. I think our group looks back only to bring history and truth and legacy forward- to pass it to our children and grandchildren.

I welcome every person who wishes to become our community member, to join our group. So far, we succeeded having two memeorial ceremonies in Israel, a meeting in which people could share and find connections and of course we had the honour of enabling our dear Kasia to visit Israel and participate in the last memorial ceremony we had in Israel.

You can contact me in the following email and I will join your email to the rest of the group so you can ask and share your information with all members.

I wish you a great day,

Shoshi Shatit
shoshi.shatit@gmail.com

Ceremony at Mały Rynek

The article about the ceremony (in Polish) http://www.jewish.org.pl/index.php/pl/wiadomopci-mainmenu-57/5658-wybor-pamici.html

Me, Piotr Kadlcik (the president of Warsaw Jewish Community),
Dawid Wildstein (a journalist), Tomasz Krakowski (representative of rabbi Schudrich)

Paweł Kryszczuk

Karolina Skibniewska

Tomasz Krakowski says a prayer at the old Jewish cemetery

Pracownicy Gminy Żydowskiej w 1929 r.

•Morgensztern Zelik - rabin

•Halbersztat Mordka - podrabin

•Białemul Abram - sekretarz

•Młynarz Ajzyk - kontroler rzeźni

•Bronsztejn Mendel - rzezak

•Lerman Szmul - rzezak

•Galant Lejzor - rzezak

•Stolarz Szymon - odżyłacz

•Tatelbaum Bencjon - nauczyciel

•Zymberg Anczel - grabarz

•Lenil Chaim - nauczyciel

•Mendelman Uszer - kantor

•Goldszmit Zelik - nauczyciel

•Łazowski Icek - stróż

Źródło: Archiwum Państwowe w Lublinie, Urząd Wojewódzki Lubelski 1918-1939, Wydział Społeczno-Polityczny, sygn. 825