Sokółka
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Organizations and parties
Organizations and parties are described as reflecting ideas visible in life.
Amateur Drama Circle
A drama circle that staged works from Jacob Gordin’s repertoire and others.
Sokolka cooperative loan and savings fund
A cooperative loan and savings fund established in Sokolka.
German authority
Authority from which food was obtained for the institution’s kitchen.
Center
A political youth organization influenced by Zionists and led by Young Zion.
Amateur Theater Circle
The Literary Society’s theater group staged plays and dramas.
Bund organization
Organization renewed by Fishel Katzenelbogen before his 1916 departure for Bialystok.
Merchants' association
Association led for many years by Volf Nordvind.
Sokółka community council
Community council representing political, merchant, and artisan groups.
Small retailers' association
Recently established association led by H. Glaz.
Kadima youth club
A youth club remembered from the narrator’s youth in Sokolka.
Yung Vilne
Literary group where Terkel began his writing career.
Jewish Youth Association
A small dramatic section meeting in one room.
Nazi military
Nazi forces occupying towns and villages near the border.
Soviet Army
Soviet military forces withdrew from the region during the German attack.
NKVD
The last NKVD unit left the town on June 23, 1941.
Nazi perpetrators
Nazi perpetrators first encountered Jews of Sokolka during the occupation.
German occupying force
German occupation force issuing labor and identification orders.
Newly established Polish militia
Polish militia representatives attended the German officer’s address.
Communists
Illegal political group present in Sokolka.
Hechalutz
Pioneering movement present in Sokolka.
General Zionists
Zionist political party present in Sokolka.
Agudah
Jewish political party present in Sokolka.
Sokółka Order Service
Order service established alongside the Judenrat.
Jewish Council
The council announced the planned ghetto evacuation through the Jewish militia.
Grodno Judenrat
The Grodno Jewish council sent twenty children away.
Kommando 103 B
The command associated with the airfield workplace.
Wehrmacht factories
Factories employing Jewish workers from Sokolka before their evacuation.
Wehrmacht
German armed forces receiving large orders from ghetto factories.
HaNoar HaTzioni
A Zionist youth movement joined by Yitzhak Goldstein.
United Jewish Appeal
Organization associated with the 1956 campaign mentioned in the passage.
Sokółka Jewish Society
A Sokółka landsmanschaft society active in New York fundraising.
Sokolka Aid Society in America
American society conducting aid activities for Sokolka landsmen.
Organization of Sokółka Natives in Israel
Organization commemorated through a proposed cultural center sign in Tel Aviv.
Nazi authorities
Nazi perpetrators are described as murdering innocent victims in gas chambers and fire.
Hebrew Battalions
Organization whose members were present at the settlement site.