| Sambor Ghetto | |
|---|---|
  Sambor
Sambor location during the Holocaust in Eastern Europe | |
| Location | Sambir, Western Ukraine |
| Incident type | Imprisonment, slave labor, mass killings, deportations to death camps, extortion |
| Organizations | SS; Schutzmannschaften |
| Camp | Belzec (see map) |
| Victims | Over 10,000 Jews[1] |
Sambor Ghetto (Polish: getto w Samborze, Ukrainian: Самбірське гето, Hebrew: גטו סמבור) was a Nazi ghetto established in March 1942 by the SS in Sambir, Western Ukraine. In the interwar period, the town (Sambor) had been part of the Second Polish Republic. In 1941, the Germans captured the town at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa. According to the Polish census of 1931, Jews constituted nearly 29 percent of the town's inhabitants,[2] most of whom were murdered during the Holocaust. Sambor (Sambir) is not to be confused with the much smaller Old Sambor (Stary Sambor, now Staryi Sambir) located nearby, although the Jewish history of the two is inextricably linked.[3]
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ARC/Belzecwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Polish census of 1931, Lwów Voivodeship (volume 68). "Sambor population, total" (PDF). Main Bureau of Statistics. pp. 44–45 (75–76 in PDF download).
The city of Sambor: 21,923 inhabitants, with 13,575 ethnic Poles, and 6,274 Jews, as well as 1,338 ethnic Ukrainians and 1,564 ethnic Ruthenians (i.e. Rusyns) determined by mother tongue (Yiddish: 4,942 and Hebrew: 383). Sambor county (powiat): population 133,814 in 1931 (urban and rural) with 11,258 Jews.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) For the current population numbers within Ukraine see: "Population of Ukraine as of January 1, 2016" (PDF). Statistical Collected Book Available. State Statistics Service of Ukraine; Institute for Demography and Social Studies: 55, 52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.м. Самбір: 35,026 – м. Старий Самбір: 6,648.
- ^ Alexander Manor. "Liquidation of the Jewish Community of Stari-Sambor; June and August 1942 deportations". The Book of Sambor and Stari Sambor, History of the Cities. Translated by Sara Mages. JewishGen Inc. Yizkor Book Project.