Sokołów Podlaski is a town
in Poland
, in Mazowsze
Voivodship
, about 80 kilometers east of Warsaw
.
It is the
capital of Sokołów County
. Population is 18,434 (
2004).
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.
It was the hometown of the father of
Jack
Ruby, the killer of
Lee Harvey
Oswald.
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