Sokółka
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Moshe Munshavitz
Name appearing above a memorial poem.
Old and new bet midrash
Two houses of study remembered in the town.
Jewish people
People described as seeking freedom and commemorating the dead.
exile
Exile from which survivors are to be brought.
memorial
Memorial described as being built collectively.
Sokolka wooden house of study
One of two wooden houses of study recorded in Sokolka in 1878.
Sokolka masonry house of study
One of two masonry houses of study recorded in Sokolka in 1878.
Local national council (magistrate)
The local national council built a school on the former synagogue site.
Jewish Historical Institute
Institution identified as the source of information in a 1960 letter from Warsaw.
Jewish cemetery in Sokolka
Abandoned Jewish cemetery covering 1.70 hectares.
Crown Poland
Jews of Crown Poland paid increased taxes beginning in 1717.
Sejm
The Sejm decided to increase the Jewish poll tax in 1789.
Law of 1775 concerning Jewish settlement on farmland
A 1775 law concerning Jewish settlement on agricultural land.
Black Sea
Sea toward which Polish trade exports turned.
Pripyat River
River named in canal routes.
Bug River
River connected by the King Canal.
Jewish settlement in Sokolka
Jewish settlement affected by attempted industrialization.
Antoni Tiznhaus
Liberal magnate from Grodno who employed Jewish workers in his factories.
Ukraine
Country where the Potocki family founded factories.
Koretz
Volhynia location where Jewish workers worked in a magnate’s weaving factory.
Prince Joseph Chartorytsky
Magnate whose factory employed 60 Jews in two of ten looms.
Magnate Vincenti Potocki
Magnate associated with a weaving factory.
Yankel Shmuelavitch
A Jewish entrepreneur who supplied workers for canal construction near Pinsk.
Antopal
The stated origin of entrepreneur Yankel Shmuelavitch.
Joseph ben Mendel
A Kuzmir Jewish merchant who helped fund Styr River regulation.
Volchin
Place where Antoni Tiznhausen arrived and grew up.
Prince Chartariski
Prince under whose supervision Antoni Tiznhausen grew up.
Tizenhauz
A historical administrator credited with developing industry, crafts, and agriculture.
King August II
King associated with a privilege concerning Sokolka.
Sabatchintse
A neighboring village whose residents reportedly raised dogs for the court.
Vilna University Library
A library manuscript section containing a document concerning Jews.
Grodno Poviat
The district associated with Sokolka in historical Poland.
Count Anthony Tizennhauz
An industrial administrator who settled artisans and rebuilt Sokolka.
Augustus II
Polish king who issued a privilege to Sokółka Jews in 1698.
Lithuanian Jews
Jews whose rights were guaranteed through a series of general privileges.
Sokółka townspeople
Townspeople described as struggling against their Jewish competitors.