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Page Introduction The Book Committee of the Sokolka Organization in Israel Ester Miszkinski and David Yardeni 9 Foreword   11 On your ruins Sokolka   13 Words from Haifa (for the Remembrance Day Abraham Donski 15 List of Contents   17   FACE OF THE SHTETL The History of the Jews of Sokolka M.S. Gashori 21    Chapter I: The Dimness of Foundation        Chapter II: Sokolka Descendant of Grodno        Chapter III: The History of Sokolka and Its Metamorphosis        Chapter IV: Sokolka and the Region under the Russian Rule        Chapter V: Rabbis and Rabbinate in Sokolka        Chapter VI: The Region Population and the Demographic Surveys        Chapter VII: Peace among Hassidim and Mitnaggdim (opponents) in Sokolka        Chapter VIII: Sokolka in the Eyes of Visitors        Chapter IX: The Zionist Movement in Sokolka        Chapter X: The Community of Odel'sk     A) The Rabbis of Sokolka M. Cinowicz 55    Rabbi R' Efraim FISZEL        R' Abraham H'KOHEN        Rabbi R' Yosef (“R' Yosele ZABLUDOWI”)        Rabbi R' Zew Wolf WYSOKER        Rabbi R' Jakob Moshe MARGULIN        Rabbi R' Szraga Fajwel SARNA        Rabbi R' Cwi Hirsz DIREKTOR        Rabbi R' Szmuel GOLDIN and his son R' Chaim        Rabbi R' Mosze Yehuda RABINOWICZ        Rabbi R' Icchak Halewi SHUSTER     B) The Distinguished Persons of Sokolka M. Cinowicz 73    R' Meir MARKUS        R' Szymszon KATZELNBOYGEN        R' Szmuel and his son R' Abraham MAKOWICZKI     Sokolka as Reflected in the Hebrew Journalism M. Cinowicz 79   MEMOIRS The Holy Community of Sokola Dawid Yardeni 97    The River        A Market Day        The Medical Aid        The Simple People        The Educational Institutions and the Tarbut School        The Synagogues        Sabbath in the Shtetl        The High Holidays        Passover Eve        The Bakeris' Owners        A Wedding in Sokolka        The Fire Brigade     During the Days of World War I David Yardeni 123    Departure        The Retreat of the Russian Army        The Conquest of Sokolka by the German Army        The Election for the Community Committee        German Schools        The Drama Section        The End of the German Occupation        The Conquest of Sokolka by the Polish Army        Polish Army Advances towards the Russian Territories        The Conquest of Sokolka by the Soviet Army in 1919        The Image of LIPCZER     My Town Meir Kaplan 151 Memoirs Abraham Shuali 152 Sokolka during the Year of 1933 David Yardeni 165 Haulitzku (phonetically spelt) Icchak Kunst – Amanuti 167 The Journey to Eretz Israel Gdalyahu Waisman 168 The Examinations of the Pedagogue Courses Alumni in Grodno M. Cinowicz 169 On Me and on My Neck Benyamin Even 171 L”G B'Omer in the Forest Towa Soczkower-Kunst 175 Reminiscences Ewen Benjamin Icchak 175 Thoughts and Memories Jakob Walgal 177 To My Family Chaja Shaked 179 Childhood memoirs during WWI Becalel Dunski 184 During Twilight Menachem Zoharoni 186 Memory of Kolonia Izaaka Menuchah Shmilovitz (née Eckstein) 191 Where are you my Shtetl? Reuwen Mendelberg 195   SHTETL FOLKLORE The Memory of Sokolka Benjamin Dombrowski 209 The Shtibl of Kock Hassidim Yekutiel Chinski 211 The Suburb Cypora Szmidt-Wajsbol 219 At Those Days Ada Lewin-Gershoni 219 Motele the Water Carrier Gdalyahu Wajsman 220 Fire at the Goyyim Houses Gdalyahu Wajsman 221 Two Who Have Been a Model to All of Us Gdalyahu Wajsman 221 The Folklore at the “Tarbut” School “Talmud Torah” (Learning the Torah) Abraham Chinski 222 The “Tarbut” School Shalom Zamir 229    KAPLAN Natanel the Teacher        LEDZEN Benjamin the Teacher        The Summer Camps in the Forests        Sleighs        Musical Boxes        Military Maneuvers        The Drunks        “Nuchem Doy”        Parades and Rallies        The Disgrace        The Siege and the Battle        Stealing for G_d     Our Shtetl Moshe Menaszewicz 255 Sokolka in Ordinary Days and Holidays (Recorded by Cwi NAFCHA) Chaja Lea Kaplan 257   PERSONS AND PERSONALITIES Mosze Zeew EVEN (R' Mosze Welwel STEIN) Benjamin Even Stein 269 My Mother Rachel of Blessed Memory Benjamin Even Stein 269 Chaim Lejb RAJZKIND   271 Our Brother Shchena Son of Abraham & Sara KRANT Rywka Krant Ben Haim and Golda Krant Gilwowski 273 Dr. Ben-Zion GILWOWSKI Yehuda Gilboa 275 Alter the Gabbai (the Treasurer of the Synagogue) Gdalyahu Wajsman 275 The Family KOREKT Chana Korekt Margalith 276 An Improper Couple Icchak Even 277 Kalman son of Yecheskel TARLOWICZ Chaja Tarlowicz 279 Meir TARLOWICZ Ben-Zion Pomeranc 279 Nachum Dow KUNST Benni Kunst (Amanuti) 280 The Teachers in Sokolka Gdalyahu Wajsman 281    Der Dereczyner Melamed        Yosef Chaim der Melamed        Der Stobiner Melamed        The Family KANTOR        Abraham KANTOR        Pnina KANTOR née WILINSKI     About R' Mosze KATZNELBOGEN Mordechai Bunim z”l 287 R' Chaim Meir Szmul David Yardeni 289 Learned Men and Torah Scholars M. Cinowicz 289    R' Eliahu and his Son-in-Law Hillel Mosze GLAWSTEIN        First Leather Cooperative     R' Chaim Berl STEIN Ester Stein-Miszkinski (his great granddaughter) 292 Chaia EFRATI z”l – a Bereaved Mother Ester Rajzkind 292 To the memory of Lea PERLSTEIN z”l Itka 295 To the memory of Lea PERLSTEIN z”l Pnina Spierstein 298 Natanel KAPLAN z”l Meir Kaplan 299 My Sister Chaja “Chiente” Cipora Szmidt Weisbol 299 Masza CHINSKI née SZAPIRA   300   PARTIES AND INSTITUTIONS The Freiheit Movement Abraham Shuali – Fuks 305 Fire Brigade Icchak Even 306 “Linat Tzedek” Baruch Chayut (Lebendik) 309 “Tzeirei Tzion” “Kadima”, “Hachalutz” Abraham Chinski 311 Libraries in Our Town Abraham Chinski & Baruch Chayt (Lebendik) 319 “Linat Tzedek” Hinda Galkin – Terczes 321 The Zionist Youth Movements Shalom Zamir 321 The First Hebrew School in Sokolka Nachum Kunst 321 Memoirs of the “Heder Metukan” (modern Heder). Sokolka as an educational enter) Abraham Chinski 324 Thoughts, Yizkor       DESTRUCTION AND THE HOLOCAUST Thoughts, (in the Night of Tevet 10) Mosze Monaszewicz 337 Yizkor Mosze Monaszewicz 338 Poem of Grief about the Destroyed Sokolka Nachum Dow Kunst-Amanuti 341 The Invasion of the Germans to Sokolka (Testimony of an Eye Witness) Zonia Miler-Wolgel 342 Sokolka under the Conquerors' Occupation Aleksander Kantorowski 343    The First Occupation        The Second German Occupation 1941     The Last Days of the Sokolka Jews (Testimony taken by Cwi NAPHCHA KOWALSKI 21/8/1946) Chaja Lea Kaplan 346 In the Ghetto Testimony taken in February 10th 1960 Benjamin Kotler 354 Sokolka without Jews (Visit in Sokolka at 1944) Adv. Nisan (Neussi) Tykocinski 355   BLESSED BE THEIR MEMORY Memorial Candle to My Parents z”l (R' Bacalel ZAKHAJ”M and Chana) Cypora Hajman 369 To the Memory of All My POZNIAK Family Yehudit Pozniak Freund 373 Baruch Cwi son of R' Shalom Halevi z”l Scribe (for the Law, Phylacteries and Mezuzoth) Y. Zamir 374 Abraham YARDENI z”l   376   SOKOLKA OUR SHTETL (Yiddish) Yizkor Abraham Zak (Buenos Aires) 381 To Remember the Martyrs of Sokolka Mosze Monaszewicz 385   THE PAST OF SOKOLKA (Yiddish) The Dates of Sokolka   393 The History of Sokolka M. Sh. Geshori 397 Sokolka by the End of the 17th Century Z. Hanik 407 Sokolka in the First World War Y. Szlajmkowicz 413 Sokolka in the Light of the Newspapers Y. Cinowicz 425    R' Yehoshua Cwi SARNA 1881, 1889        Szmuel ZONENSZAJN 1882        Yecheskel SIDRANSKI 1883        Lajb PODOLSKI 1884        Rober FRIDBERG        Michael LIPSZYC 1884, 1888        Ger Toshav 1887     Sokolka of My Youth M. Hakohen Sinai 433 The Gaon and Zadik R' Yosele ztz”l M. Sh. Geshori 437   MEMOIRS (Yiddish) My Memories about Sokolka Mosze Miszkinski 449 My Sokolka Ben-Zion Hassid 457 A Poem Mosze Monaszewicz (Moshele Malach) 465 Episodes Ester Miszkinski 473 Sokolka in the Expulsion Moshele Kremer (Brazil) 477 Memories about Sokolka Abraham Fridberg 481 Memoirs Rachel Dunski (Kaya Halpern) 487 The Past of Sokolka Abraham Stanislawski 489   IMAGES (Yiddish) Becalel TERKEL   497 The Feldcher (aid-man) Chaim SZMUKLER Israel Szmukler 499 My Brother Iczel Riwl Szapira-Melcberg 501   THE HOLOCAUST (Yiddish) Extermination Rachel Malski-Tykocinski 513 The Kelbasin Lager Symcha Lazar 523 Testimony Bracha Friedman-Barawik 525 Testimony Icchak Kotler 531 Memorial Candle Ester Holcman 533 Survival during the War Times Abraham – Aleksander Kantorowski 537 Diary of Suffering and Pain (1943) From German: M. Turek 543 Icchak GOLDSTEIN - Fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt Meilech Neustadt 547   MISCELLANEOUS (Yiddish & Hebrew) Sokolkers in America   553 Sokolkers in Israel Ben-Zion Hassid 565 Messiah in Dream and in Life (a Ballad of the Old Home) Father! I searched for it in the map of world, your hometown Sokolka, but I have not found it… Mosze Monaszewicz 569 “Di Kolonye Izaaka” Sarah Chinsky 577 To the Memory of the Odelsk Martyrs Itka Broida 583 The People of Sokolka in Israel Gdalyahu Waisman 587 The Foundation of Kfar Mallal       PINKAS SOKOLKA Protocols of the Community Committee of Sokolka in 8 January – 22 October 1919 (Hebrew Yiddish)   593   MANIFESTOS “Elections Campaign” to the Community Committee (“Vaad Hakahal”)   697   List of People From Sokolka in Israel Today (As of 1968)   721 List of People From Sokolka in the Diaspora   739 People From Sokolka Who Died in Israel   745 List of the Martyrs - Necrology   751 R' Moshe Lajb and His Wife   769 Tombstone in Shoah Cellar Mount Zion Jerusalem   771 Seven Trees in the Forest of the Martyrs Jerusalem   773 Errors List   775 Introduction in English   778

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