Alternate names: Zbąszyń [Pol], Bentschen [Ger], Zbonszyn, Dzbanszyn, Bąszyń. 52°15' N, 15°56' E, 45 miles WSW of Poznań (Posen). Between the wars, on the border with Germany. Jewish population: 307 (in 1840), 160 (in 1890).
- Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
JewishGen GerSIG
- Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Słownik Geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego (1880-1902), XIV, pp. 513-515: "Zbąszyń".
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 6 (1999), p. 63-64: "Zbaszyn"
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), p. 1495: "Zbonszyn".
- Wikipedia with Jewish history. [Apr 2016]
UPDATE: Photo of former synagogue by Charles Burns [April 2016]
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