# Nowy Sącz <table class="place-meta"> <tr><td>Yiddish</td><td dir="rtl">צאנז</td></tr> <tr><td>Local name(s)</td><td>Nowy Sącz (Polish), Neu-Sandez (German), Tzanz / Sanz (Yiddish)</td></tr> <tr><td>Region (today)</td><td>Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland</td></tr> <tr><td>Coordinates</td><td>49.6219 20.6969</td></tr> </table> <table class="place-meta place-eras"> <tr><th>Era</th><th>Town name</th><th>Country / jurisdiction</th></tr> <tr><td>1292–1772</td><td>Nowy Sącz</td><td>Kingdom of Poland / Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</td></tr> <tr><td>1772–1918</td><td>Neu-Sandez</td><td>Austrian Galicia (Habsburg Empire)</td></tr> <tr><td>1918–1939</td><td>Nowy Sącz</td><td>Second Polish Republic (Kraków Voivodeship)</td></tr> <tr><td>1939–1945</td><td>Neu-Sandez</td><td>German-occupied Poland (General Government, Kraków District)</td></tr> <tr><td>1945–present</td><td>Nowy Sącz</td><td>Poland (Lesser Poland Voivodeship)</td></tr> </table> ## Overview Known in Jewish tradition as Tzanz/Sanz, Nowy Sącz became one of Galicia's most important Hasidic centers after Rabbi Chaim Halberstam was appointed town rabbi in 1828 and founded the Sanz (Tzanz) Hasidic dynasty. In 1921 the town had 9,009 Jewish residents, about 34% of the total population. Under German occupation a ghetto holding roughly 20,000 Jews (including refugees from surrounding areas) was established; over three days in late August 1942 its inhabitants were deported to the Bełżec extermination camp and murdered. Several hundred were also shot at the Jewish cemetery during the war. <small>Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowy_S%C4%85cz, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanz, https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/nowy_sacz/</small> ## People with events here | Person | Event | | --- | --- | | [[Chaya Hollander (b.1853)]] | Born 1853 | | [[Naftali Rottenberg (b.1853)]] | Born 06/1853 | | [[Wolf Landau (b.1861)]] | Born 12/14/1861 | | [[Regine Landau (b.1895)]] | Born 07/24/1895 | | [[Shifra]] | Born |