Sokolów Podlaski
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Sokołów Podlaski s 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).
, 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.
It was the hometown of the father of Jack Ruby
, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, in Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...
, about 80 kilometers east of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. It is the capital of Sokołów County. Population is 18,434 (2004).
Jews in Sokołów
Before World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, 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
Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka was a Nazi extermination camp in occupied Poland during World War II near the village of Treblinka in the modern-day Masovian Voivodeship of Poland. The camp, which was constructed as part of Operation Reinhard, operated between and ,. During this time, approximately 850,000 men, women...
where they were murdered on September 22, 1942.
It was the hometown of the father of Jack Ruby
Jack Ruby
Jacob Leon Rubenstein , who legally changed his name to Jack Leon Ruby in 1947, was convicted of the November 24, 1963 murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy. Ruby, who was originally from Chicago, Illinois, was then a nightclub operator in Dallas, Texas...
, the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations,These were investigations by: the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the Warren Commission , the House Select Committee on Assassinations , and the Dallas Police Department. the sniper who assassinated John F...
.
External links
- Official town webpage
- Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl
- Sokolow Podlaski, from the Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland