Jewish Sokolow Podlaski

4/20/17

Winning texts

On 19 March 2012, during a meeting at the Sokołów Podlaski Scout Centre we learned the winners of the competition for the best text about the history of Jews from Sokołów Podlaski and its vicinity. Below we present the compositions sent in for the competition.

1st place — Dominika Częścik

Jewish Inhabitants of Skibniew
The Forgotten Shtetl

Before the war, about a dozen Jewish families lived in Skibniew, which is located between Sokołów Podlaski and Kosów Lacki, in the Sokołów Podlaski commune. Though Jews did not constitute a majority in the countryside, their presence was visible. The information regarding the local Jewish community comes from Skibniew inhabitants, mainly Irena Rogozińska and Eugenia Skorupka.
The elderly can still remember the names, occupations, and the places of residence of their old Jewish neighbours, most of whom lived in flats or houses rented from the locals. They worked in services or trade, or as artisans. What did that forgotten shtetl look like? What were the names of its inhabitants? Who were they? Here are some memories about the inhabitants of our village, so forgotten that they seem unreal.

A food card

A food card for people living in the Sokolow ghetto of August 1942 (a month before the ghetto liquidation). There is: flour, bread, sugar, marmalade, meat (!), various.

4/16/17

From Krakow Archive

A short list from Krakow Archive of Jews living in Sokolow ghetto who received payments from Polish institutions (mostly disability pensions).

The list of Sokolow survivors according to USHMM

· 1. AJZENBERG, Dwojra

· Source: Poland: Register of Jewish Survivors II

· 2. AJZENBERG, DWOJRA

· Source: Pinkas HaNitzolim II -- Register of Jewish Survivors II

· 3. Angielczyk, José

· Birth date: 6 May 1929

· Birth place: Sokolow Podlaski (Poland), Poland

· Source: [Index to the Visual History Archive of Holocaust oral testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute]

· 4. Angielczyk, Motel

· Birth date: 25 Jun 1931

· Birth place: Sokolow Podlaski (Poland), Poland

· Source: [Index to the Visual History Archive of Holocaust oral testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute]

Jewish cemetery in Sokolow

A few days ago I received a message from one Sokolow's resident that the area of "new" Jewish cemetery in Sokolow looks like a garbage dump. This area belongs to the state treasury. What can be done with this?

2/9/17

The Gszarim Foundation

The Gszarim Foundation was officially established in 2016, with the purpose of changing the world for the better and making it a place where memory of the past serves to support actions that shape our future. The goal of the Foundation is to build bridges, overcome stereotypes, commemorate the Polish-Jewish history and nurture the development of the Jewish community in Poland.

Yes, we are going to change the world for the better! That is why we set up a foundation that will, inter alia, conduct educational projects in Sokolow for young people. What do we want to do? A few years ago, we announced a contest for students for essay on the Jewish history of the town. The sponsor of the prize was Mr. Michael Traison. It was a good idea. Now we want to continue it. If you want to become a sponsor of the prize for young people, let us know! In the future, we would like the youth of Sokolow to go to Israel. Maybe you know the kibbutz who would be willing to host them for a few days? We also collect money to translate into English a book about the history of the Jewish community of Sokolow (written by Kasia) and publish it as an e-book (cost of translation is $3,500).

To learn more visit our website: http://gszarim.pl/

10/27/16

Scans of the early years of records for many towns in Siedlce Gubernia

Jewish Records Indexing - Poland is pleased to announce the availability
of scans of the early years of records for many towns in Siedlce
Gubernia. The towns include:

Siedlce
Kosow Lacki
Losice
Mordy
Minsk Mazowiecki
Latowicz
Ceglow
Sarnaki
Seroczyn
Sokolow Podlaski