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On November 8, 1292 the Bohemian king Wenceslaus II founded Nowy Sącz, on the site of a village named Kamienica

In 1667, Jews first appeared in Nowy Sącz, when Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki allowed them to settle within the city walls.
In 1699, the Nowy Sącz starost, Jerzy Paweł Lubomirski, allowed the Jews to build a synagogue in the northwestern part of town, where most of them lived.
In 1746, the synagogue, built not far from the royal castle, was finished.

During the 19th century, Nowy Sącz was the place where the Sanz Hasidic dynasty, was founded.
The Sanz Hasidic dynasty was the precursor of the Bobov dynasty, founded in nearby Bobowa (with a synagogue with occasional services by Kraków congregation) and the Klausenberg dynasty.

In August 1942, the Nazis established a ghetto in Nowy Sącz of around 20,000 people near the castle, and was liquidated to Belzec extermination camp in three days .
Across the river in the Jewish Cemetery, 300-500 people were executed for their part in sheltering Jews.