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Tykocin a little peaceful town today, but filled with so many historical memories, that many people will never forget how their lives were changed. Tykocin is well known for the tragedy that happened to the Jewish and Polish people in World War II but there is more history before that.

In the year 1414 Tykocin was established and in the year 1548 King Zygmunt August owned Tykocin, at that time Tykocin was very popular for its trade market mainly because it was established right by the Narew River. During that time when King Zygmunt August owned Tykocin he had a huge castle across the Narew river where different arsenals took place. By the year 1573 Tykocin already had 250 houses and about 1,000 people living there

The synagogue in Tykocin, is an early Baroque masonry synagogue which was built in 1642 and restored between 1974 and 1978. The synagogue is now used as a museum. According to the Encyclopaedia Judaica, the synagogue was not destroyed during World War II, unfortunately though the Nazis did ruin the interior and the women's section

In the Year 1522 a first Jewish family was introduced to the town by the noble family that owned the town. These 10 Jewish members were invited to Tykocin to take part of the trade. As time went by and more Jewish people began to settle in Tykocin, the Noble family granted them land to build a synagogue and a Jewish cemetery. The town of Tykocin evolved very quickly. Two different communities were formed in Tykocin, the Jewish community and the Polish community. During this time all the citizens of Tykocin were mostly traders and fishermen. Narew river became very important, more trading routes began from all parts of Poland to Lithuania.