Sokółka
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Local Freiheit
Meeting place where working youth gathered after their workday.
Maccabi Fire Brigade
A fire brigade in the town, jointly serving Jewish and Christian residents.
Leibl Freidels
Named as a later member of the fire brigade.
Chaim Pekar
Identified in a caption as a fire brigade member and founder.
Dr. Blumenfeld
Physician of the Linat HaTzedek society.
Moshe Chaim Shapira
Remembered as one of the society’s early organizers.
Baruch Chayot
Named in the passage’s closing signature.
Jewish Hospital
A hospital in Grodno serving patients requiring treatment outside Sokolka.
Lipzer
A prominent member of the town’s Zionists.
Yudovsky
A prominent Zionist and initiator of Kadima youth organization.
Hapoel Hatzair
A movement spiritually close to Young Zion.
Israel Moshe Greenhuis
Directed Hebrew evening classes during the German occupation.
Barkovsky
Co-directed Hebrew evening classes during the German occupation.
Ein HaHoresh
A kibbutz associated with the Cohen family mentioned in the passage.
The town library
A library targeted for influence by the Center.
Moshe Zeev Shtein
Owned the first lending library in Sokółka.
Yaakov Blumenthal
Hosted the library in his home around 1902/3.
Hayah Shmul
Identified as Blumenthal's granddaughter.
Nahum Goniundsky
Hosted the library during its second phase.
Fishel Katzenelbogen
Supported the library with public and Bund involvement.
Rabbi Shimshon Katzenelbogen
Identified as Fishel Katzenelbogen's brother.
Relka Director
Supported the library through public involvement.
Yiddishists
Influenced and supported a library in Sokółka.
Eliyakim Rabinovich
His house hosted a Bund- and Yiddishist-influenced library.
Grinhaus
Organized evening classes on the Jewish street.
Sokółka under German occupation
Setting where two libraries opened during the German occupation.
Library
A library whose administration was elected after heated meetings.
Hospital
Hospital in Bialystok receiving patients transferred by the society.
Haim Leib Korach
Person associated with charitable lodging and medical equipment.
Zionist youth movements
Zionist youth movements operated in the town and recruited students.
Betar
Youth movement known for military-style drills and parades.
The forest
Forest visited during a Lag BaOmer excursion.
First Hebrew School in Sokolka
School described as the first Hebrew school in Sokolka.
Grodno school
School used as the model for a proposed Hebrew school in Sokółka.
Jacob Goldstein
Participant in the committee established to create a school.
Zdvoranski
Participant in the committee established to create a school.