סאמבאר — בתי החיים

Sambor — the Jewish cemeteries

Sambir (Sambor) · סאמבאר

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Jewish cemeteries, Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

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1.BOTH GROUNDS ARE GONE AS CEMETERIES. The old one was in use as far back as the sixteen hundreds and was demolished and built over in the Soviet period. The newer one appears on a nineteenth-century map and was used until the war, then destroyed after it.
2.THE NEWER GROUND STILL EXISTS AS LAND, and it is hemmed in — the fences of the private houses around it now form its boundary. It is heavily overgrown and needs clearing before anyone could walk it.
3.Do not confuse Sambir with Staryy Sambir. They are two towns about thirty kilometres apart and each has its own Jewish cemetery; navigation apps and surveys both mix them up.
4.This is a page about what is there, not about a kever to stand at. If you are going, go knowing that.

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Closest airports

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Lviv (LWO)Lviv Danylo Halytskyi International· 64 km · 40 mi straight-line· regional
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Rzeszów (RZE)Rzeszów-Jasionka· 107 km · 67 mi straight-line· regional
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Košice (KSC)Košice International· 171 km · 106 mi straight-line· regional
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