Sokołów Podlaski

Infobox Settlement
name = Sokołów Podlaski


imagesize = 250px
image_caption = Culture center

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image_shield = POL Sokołów Podlaski COA.svg
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pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Masovian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Sokołów
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Sokołów Podlaski (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Bogusław Jan Karakula
established_title3 = Town rights
established_date3 = 1424
area_total_km2 = 17.5
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 18419
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 52 | latm = 24 | lats = 24 | latNS = N | longd = 22 | longm = 14 | longs = 47 | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 08-300, 08-301
area_code = +48 25
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WSK
website = http://www.sokolowpodl.pl Sokołów Podlaski [IPA-pl|s|o|'|k|o|ł|u|f|-|p|o|d|'|l|a|s|k|i] 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.sokolowpodl.pl/ Official town webpage]
* [http://mapa.szukacz.pl/?x=720752&y=509501&m=Soko%b3%f3w%20Podlaski&w=mazowieckie&p=soko%b3owski&g=Soko%b3%f3w%20Podlaski&z=3 Map, via mapa.szukacz.pl]