Sokółka
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Destruction and murder of Sokolka Jews
The Sokolka Jewish community was massacred by German Nazis and Polish collaborators.
Mass killing in Sokolka
A mass killing destroyed the Sokolka Jewish community and its Zionist youth generation.
Annual remembrance gathering
Annual gathering of Sokolka descendants to mourn relatives and community members.
Encyclopedia of the Diaspora
A publication named in the book’s front matter.
Encyclopedia of the Diaspora Publishing House
The Jerusalem publisher credited in the book’s colophon.
Daf-Hen Printing House
A printing house in Jerusalem credited in the colophon.
Organization of Sokolka Emigrants in Israel
Organization associated with publishing the Sokolka memorial book.
Esther Mishkinsky
Member of the book committee.
Miriam Zahavi
Named member of the initiative committee.
Hannah Habushchevsky
Named member of the initiative committee.
Dov Sokhonitsky
Named member of the initiative committee.
Mordechai Max Zahavi
Named member of the initiative committee.
Sokolka
The town whose Jewish homes and streets are described after the catastrophe.
Sokolka survivors
Survivors from Sokolka in Palestine who prepared the memorial book.
Land of Israel
The destination that Sokolka Jews aspired to reach but could not.
Unknown burial place
The unknown place where the murdered community members were buried.
Bialystok
A city identified as lying near Sokolka.
Eisen transported to Auschwitz
Eisen departed with the first transport from the camp to Auschwitz.
German-Polish War begins
The German-Polish War began on 1 September 1939.
Soviet forces enter Sokolka
Russian forces entered the town during the third week after the German withdrawal.
German entry into Sokolka
German forces entered the city on the third day of the German-Soviet war.
Murder of Shar
Shar was tortured by Germans and Poles and died after being thrown from rooftops and telephone wires.
Formation of the Sokółka Judenrat
A Judenrat was formed from prominent townspeople, headed by Dr. Zandberg.
Grodno
A city identified as lying near Sokolka.
Klabasyn
A camp named among destinations of Jews taken during the Holocaust.
Establishment of the ghetto
In 1941, authorities ordered the establishment of a ghetto and designated three streets for it.
Ben-Zion Hasid
Member of the book committee.
Encyclopedia of Diasporas
Publisher of the Sokolka memorial book in Jerusalem.
Aryeh Studnik
Named member of the initiative committee.
Treblinka
A camp named among destinations of Jews taken during the Holocaust.
Yaakov Volgel
Author listed for reflections and memoirs.
Haya Shaked
Author listed for a piece addressed to her family.
Bezalel Donski
Author listed for childhood memories during World War I.
Menahem Zaharoni
Author listed for a piece titled At Twilight.
Reuven Mandelberg
Author listed for a piece about his town.
Ghetto evacuation and deportation
Most ghetto residents were removed after a selection in mid-October 1942.