General Fr. Stanislaw Brzoska (1834-1865), is one of the most famous heroes of the January Uprising. He acted in the vicinity of Sokolow Podlaski, where he struggled against the enemy for very long time. Captured with his aide-de-campe Franciszek Wilczynski, Stalislaw Brzoska was imprisoned and sentenced to death. Both were …
It is placed at Wolnosci Street, in the current Alior Bank area. It was unveiled on 3rd October, 2010. During the German occupation there was the German Labour Office – the Arbeitsamt, organising captures and deportations of the Polish population to forced labour in Germany. In the evening of 12th …
The monument is located in the Square of Podlasie Uniates, between Dluga, Siedlecka and Repkowska Streets. Currently, in the form of a tombstone, it is located in the immediate vicinity of the first public execution place in Sokolow Podlaski, made by the Germans on 27th October 1943. Among 10 executed …
The place of the next execution, made three weeks after the first one, on 17th November 1943, was located at Wolnosci Street, near the current Syndykat residence district. It has a special historical meaning, because it is a part of the original wall of the building, under which the following …
The plaque announces the next executions made by the Germans on 27th March, 1944 at Bulwar Street. Among the victims there was a member of the National Army, the commander of the Diversion Squad from Sokolow, Franciszek Zalewski, called “Sokol”.
The plaques were placed in the porch of the church. They are devoted to Henryk Oleksiak, “Wichura”, Mieczyslaw Maleszewski, “Zbrucz”, Hanna (Annie) Zaleska from Bachorza and children of Sokolow Land, murdered by the Nazis at Treblinka, as well as soldiers of the National Army of District of “Sep – Proso” …
It was placed on 27th May, 1996, on the wall of the building at Kilinskiego Street. As reported by one of them in this building, in the years 1944 – 1951, the District Public Security Office has its headquater here. It was a place of detention, torture and death of …
In the cemetery at Bartoszowa Street it is worth to see the common grave of Wladyslaw Prawecki (the first commander of the Sokolow District of SZP-ZWZ), Jan Pietrak, Tadeusz Wojcik, Janusz Frankowski, Franciszek Dyrdula and Stefan Solicki, murdered by the Germans on 17th February, 1943. The Polish soldiers killed in …
The monument of the Home Army soldiers is unique in terms of expression and the form of space in the Square of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the church. It was unveiled on 30th September 2007, and built due to the efforts of the Foundation “We remember”. A high cross surrounded …
Originally the plaque was placed on the wall of the former railway station at Kolejowa Street in 1994. Again it was placed on a large boulder and was unveiled in front of the same building, which is now the headquater of the Public Library, on 26th November, 2011. The inscription …