Janów Sokólski (Yiddish: Janowa, Janov) was a stetl in Gmina Sokółka, Sokółka County, Poland, destroyed during German invasion of Poland. Currently only a Jewish cemetery exists. The cemetery and the surrounding agricultural land are the property of gminaJANOW SOKOLSKI: Podlaski, by the International Jewish Cemetery Project; citing Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 563: "Janow Sokolski", Shtetl Finder (1980), p. 119: "Yanov, Yanova, Yanov Sokolski". The earliest known Jewish community in Janova is dated by 1720. The town was known for its wooden synagogue. (mid-1700s-1941)The Bezalel Narkiss Index of Jewish Art: Wooden Synagogue in Janów Sokolskii, Janów Sokolski, Mid-18th century.
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External links "We Remember Janow Sokolski"