Sokołów Podlaski
Sokołów Podlaski | |
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 Culture center | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Sokołów |
| Gmina | Sokołów Podlaski (urban gmina) |
| Town rights | 1424 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bogusław Jan Karakula |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.5 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 18,419 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 08-300, 08-301 |
| Area code | +48 25 |
| Car plates | WSK |
| Website | http://www.sokolowpodl.pl |
Sokołów Podlaski [sɔˈkɔwuf pɔdˈlaski] is a town in Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship, about 80 kilometers east of Warsaw. It is the capital of Sokołów County. Population is 18,434 (2004). First settlement in the 6th century. It received the city charter in 1424.
Jews in Sokołów
Before World War II, Sokolow Podlaski was home to a large population of Jews. With the German occupation at the beginning of WWII, many Jews fled, a number east to the USSR. Those who remained were rounded up and sent to Treblinka extermination camp where they were murdered on September 22, 1942[citation needed].
It was the hometown of the father of Jack Ruby, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald[citation needed].
References
External links
- Official town webpage
- Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl
- Sokolow Podlaski, from the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland
- Jewish Community in Sokołów Podlaski on Virtual Shtetl
52°24′N 22°15′E / 52.400°N 22.250°E
Seat: Sokołów Podlaski (urban gmina) | ||
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