5/13/17
Translation of a book by Perec Granatsztajn
We proudly announce that we have received a grant for the translation from Yiddish into Polish a book by Perec Granatsztajn. This translation will be published on the Internet. This way every kid and adult of Sokolow will read it for free. Mazal Tov!
5/6/17
Tombstone
Today I went to the Catholic cemetery in Sokolow to visit my mother's grave. At the cemetery alley I saw a matzeva. Someone put it there. Probably it was earlier on his farm. It is good that this man laid it at the cemetery. He could have thrown it out or destroy it. Thank you anonymous man! It was heavy but I took it home. One day it will come back at Jewish cemetery where it belongs.
4/21/17
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.
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.
4/17/17
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
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Source: Poland: Register of Jewish Survivors II
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Source: Pinkas HaNitzolim II -- Register of Jewish Survivors II
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Birth date: 6 May 1929
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Birth place: Sokolow Podlaski (Poland), Poland
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Source: [Index to the Visual History Archive of Holocaust oral
testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute]
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Birth date: 25 Jun 1931
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Birth place: Sokolow Podlaski (Poland), Poland
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Source: [Index to the Visual History Archive of Holocaust oral
testimonies from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute]
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