Sokoliv

Stryi district, Lviv region


Jewish cemetery near village Velyki Didushychy, 2019

Memorial on mass grave on cemetery

Lviv region - list of settlements and location of objects

Sokoliv, 2023

Sources:
- Sokołow 2. Słownik geograficzny Krуlestwa Polskiego, t. XI: Sochaczew – Szlubowska Wola, Warszawa 1890, s. 32.

Photo:
- European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative. Published by Center for Jewish art

Sokolow (ukr. Sokoliv, Соколів) - a non-existent town in western Ukraine, located between today's villages Velyki (Big) Didushychi, Mali (Small) Didushychi and Lany-Sokolowski.

For 500 years the family nest of Dzieduszycki. In 1511 he received from King Sigismund I Magdeburg law.
After 1939 as part of Ukrainian SSR.

During the Second World War, town was destroyed and no longer restored.

In 1880 329 Jews lived in Sokolow (47,5% of total population).

Part of the Jewish population was killed by Nazis on the spot in 1941, in the destroyed cemetery there is a mass grave.
In July 1942 the Nazis transported the Jews of Sokolow to the extermination camp in Bełżec.

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