Sokolov is a city in Bohemia. When the city was part of the Hapsburg Empire prior to 1918, it was called Falkenau a.d.Eger in German. The earliest known Jewish community dates from the mid-19th century. The synagogue was built in 1897. The Jewish population in 1930 was about 170. Most of the Jews left after the signing of the Munich Agreement in September, 1938. The rest were deported in 1942. The synagogue was destroyed by the Nazis. The postcard below, which dates before 1918, depicts the synagogue in Falkenau.
Spector, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust, P. 1212
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