Sokółka
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Leibel Shpitaleski
Named individual in a memorial list.
Gabriel
Named family member in a memorial list.
Reuben
Named family member in a memorial list.
Yakov Kesselbrener: Between Heroism and Destruction
Kesselbrener's memorial-book account of the final liquidation, escape from the ghetto, hiding, armed resistance, and the murder of his family.
Grodno rights charter renewed
Sigismund Augustus approved Grodno’s rights charter in 1547.
Elevation of Sokółka to town status
Sokółka changed from a village to a town in the eighteenth century.
Rabbi Nahum brought to Grodno
Rabbi Nahum was brought from Galicia to Grodno in 1785 for printing work.
Assembly of Jewish leaders at Kaliszcziba
Rabbis and public activists assembled in Kaliszcziba on 30 August 1797 to seek means of opposing restrictive regulations.
Battle near Jena
Napoleon defeated Prussian forces near Jena and subsequently captured Berlin.
Rabbi Levi Isaac served in Pinsk
Rabbi Levi Isaac of Berditchev served briefly as rabbi in Pinsk.
Founding of the local welfare office
A local welfare office was established in Sokolka in 1888.
Passover seder for Jewish soldiers
Sokolka Jews arranged a Passover seder for Jewish soldiers in the Polish army, attended by community committee members, Rabbi Shuster, and Polish officers.
Radio program invention
Bezalel Kruglik invented and assembled Sokolka’s first and only radio program at age seventeen, according to a 1932 newspaper article.
Authorization for Jewish burial
Jewish burial was authorized after Polish gendarmerie mistreated the deceased.
Farewell to Jewish soldiers
Sokolka’s Jewish community gathered to bid farewell to Jewish soldiers, blessing them as they departed for the front.
Prayer quorum at Shishki
A prayer quorum gathered at Shishki among convalescent children, including Shimshon Katzenelbogin; Rabbi Eliyahu Pinhas Shapira read the Torah.
Polish forces reach Kyiv
Polish forces advanced to the gates of Kyiv during their war with Russian forces.
H. L. Kaplan undergoes repeated selection at Auschwitz
H. L. Kaplan underwent seven selections at Auschwitz determining whether she would be sent to the crematoria or live.
Hebrew Gymnasium founded in Białystok
An initiative group founded the Hebrew Gymnasium in Białystok.
Haya’s Move to Ben Shemen
Haya moved to Ben Shemen after her marriage.
Initiative committee for publishing the Sokolka book
Committee shown with named members in a caption.
Sokolka Zionist and economic organizations
Zionist and economic organizations associated with the Jewish town of Sokolka.
Establishment of the HeHalutz membership committee
A membership committee was established beside HeHalutz's central organization in 1938.
Organization of Freiheit in Sokółka
Freiheit was organized in Sokółka in the late 1920s.
Founding of Hebrew school
A Zionist group founded a Hebrew school in Sokółka in 1904.
Shooting near the Talmud Torah
The narrator and Kadl Vinik and Gulumb were taken out and shot near the Talmud Torah; the passage does not identify the narrator as Yitzhak Kotler.
Murder of Mayshel Stocinski
Mayshel Stocinski was reportedly shot at a site near the cemetery.
Evacuation of remaining Sokolka Jews
Remaining Sokolka Jews were reportedly evacuated for a final journey.
Sokolka Jewish Community
The Jewish community whose history and life are described in the memorial book.
Stein family
Family name associated with Esther Mishkinsky’s original name.
Guesthouse for hospitality
A special house was established to accommodate wayfarers in Sokolka.
Transfer of Sokolka Jews into the ghetto
All Jews of Sokolka were moved into the ghetto around the holiday period.
Jewish gathering in hiding
Approximately fifteen Jews from Grodno gathered in a cellar after the Holocaust.
Return to Sokolka
An unnamed narrator returns to Sokolka, searches former rooms and belongings, and meets former neighbors.
Death of Israel and Tuvia in an alleged blood libel
Israel and Tuvia reportedly sacrificed their lives for the sanctification of God's name in a blood-libel incident four centuries earlier, according to family tradition.
Death of Abraham Yardeni
Abraham Yardeni did not return from an assigned labor-camp mission.