Alternate names: Sambir [Ukr], Sambor [Pol, Yid, Rus]. 49°31' N, 23°12' E, 42 miles WSW of L'viv (Lvov), 18 miles NW of Drogobych (Drohobycz). [Not to be confused with Stary Sambir, located 10 miles SW].Jewish population: 4,427 (in 1880), 6,068 (in 1921).
- Museum of the
History of Polish Jews - Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Jewish Records Indexing Poland Town Page
- Shtetl Finder (1989), p. 86: "Sambor".
- Pinkas HaKehilot, Poland, Vol. 2 (1980), pp. 340-346: "Sambor".
- Encyclopedia of Jewish Life (2001), pp. 1130-31: "Sombor".
Sefer Sambor-Stary Sambor; pirkei edut ve-zikaron le-kehilot Sambor-Stary Sambor mi-reshitan ve-ad hurbanan (Tel Aviv, 1980
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[UPDATE] Photos by Charles Burns [April 2016]