Let's not forget about the pogrom of 1937 in Sokolow.
"On Thursday, April 1, 1937, during Pesach, as always, there was a market day in the town. Organized groups armed with sticks came to the town's center and attacked the Jewish stalls. The Endeks overturned the stalls, destroyed the goods, beat the traders. When they had done their job, they moved towards the Jewish streets, where they broke windows in houses and beat everyone with iron rods and sticks. 20 Jews were beaten and wounded. Some of them were seriously injured. Approx. 10 Jewish stalls were demolished. About 600 windows were broken.
The atmosphere in the town after the events of that bloody Thursday was tense. The Jewish community lived in fear. People were afraid to walk the streets at night".
Source: YIVO Archive
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