Sokolovsky Natan Khaimovich (21 July 1916, Dyatlovo, Grodno Region, Belarus) — worker.

Natan Sokolovsky was born into the family of workers Khaim Altrovich Sokolovsky (1881 — 1942, shot by the Nazis in the Dyatlovo ghetto) and Ester Khononovna Sokolovskaya (née Gavurim) (1888 — 1942, shot by the Nazis in the Dyatlovo ghetto). He completed seven classes of a local Jewish school in 1931 and worked as a hired day labourer from 1931 to 1942.

From 1942 to 1944, he was in the partisan detachment “Borba” of the Lenin formation (Grodno Region). From 1944 to 1945, he fought on the 1st Belorussian Front (117th Rifle Division). He was awarded the medals “For Combat Merit,” “For the Liberation of Warsaw,” “For the Capture of Berlin,” and “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945,” as well as jubilee awards.

From 1945 to 1946, he served in the Soviet Army as a musician in the 1054th Rifle Regiment (Poland, Germany).

After demobilisation, he returned to Dyatlovo, where he worked as conductor of a brass band at a local club and simultaneously as head of a workshop in the artel “Shoe Workshop” (1946–1958). After moving to Riga, he worked as a cutter at the main enterprise of the footwear production association “Rekord” (1958–1980). From 1980, he was on disability pension.

He married Emma Abramovna Sokolovskaya (née Rudaya) (1924, Rostov-on-Don — 1982, Riga). Their daughter is Irina Natanovna Levi (née Sokolovskaya) (1948, Moscow), and their son is Alexander Natanovich Sokolovsky (1959, Moscow).

In 1984, he received permission to emigrate to Israel, where his sisters were living: from 1931 Mila Khaimovna Yelin (née Sokolovskaya) (1900, Dyatlovo), and from 1933 Khaya Khaimovna Kovalerchik (née Sokolovskaya) (1902, Dyatlovo). Later, he moved to the USA, where his daughter lived.

Family:

Khaim Altrovich Sokolovsky (1881–1942) — father
Ester Khononovna Sokolovskaya (née Gavurim) (1888–1942) — mother
Mila Khaimovna Yelin (née Sokolovskaya) (1900) — sister
Khaya Khaimovna Kovalerchik (née Sokolovskaya) (1902) — sister
Nakhmon Khaimovich Sokolovsky (1911 — 1942, shot by the Nazis in the Dyatlovo ghetto) — brother
Kreina Khaimovna Sokolovskaya (1913 — 1942, shot by the Nazis in the Dyatlovo ghetto) — sister
Pelte Khaimovna Sokolovskaya (1918 — 1942, shot by the Nazis in the Dyatlovo ghetto) — sister
Risha Khaimovna Sokolovskaya (1920 — 1942, shot by the Nazis in the Dyatlovo ghetto) — sister
Emma Abramovna Sokolovskaya (née Rudaya) (1924–1982) — wife
Irina Natanovna Levi (née Sokolovskaya) (1948) — daughter
Alexander Natanovich Sokolovsky (1959) — son