Anonymous ID: 19a29c Sept. 5, 2023, 3:36 p.m. No.19496710   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>6738

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Lviv Ghetto

 

L'viv (Lwow / Lvov) was the third largest Jewish community in pre-war Poland. Prior to 1939 nearly 110,000 Jews lived in the town. Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939. On 17 September 1939 the Soviets invaded Poland too. The Soviet invasion was a result of the Hitler - Stalin Pact. Lviv capitulated to the Soviet army and remained under Soviet occupation until 30 June 1941. During this time the number of Jewish residents in Lwow increased to 160,000. Around 100,000 Jews living in German occupied Poland fled to Lviv and its environs.

 

Under the Soviet occupation, Jews officially had equal status with other nationalities. Some collaborated with the Soviet authorities, others were persecuted. In April 1940 hundreds of Lviv Jews and refugees were deported to Siberia when they refused to take up Soviet citizenship. Jewish political activists were arrested.

 

The work camp within the former ghetto only existed until 1 June 1943. There were still "illegal" Jews remaining after the selections. During the final liquidation of the labour camp within the ghetto the Jews organized an armed resistance, killed and wounded several policemen. In addition to the SS, German and Ukrainian police unitsof the Hitlerjugend participated in the liquidation of the ghetto. The SS and police blew up the ghetto buildings and set them on fire when they met resistance. They did the same to bunkers where large numbers of Jews hid. Around 7,000 Jews were taken to Janowska camp and after selection most were shot on the "Sands". Probably some of the group were deported to Sobibor. 3,000 Jews were killed in the ghetto during its liquidation.

The last of Lviv’s Jews were gathered at Janowska, where they were executed on 18 November 1943, during the Aktion Erntefest. When on 26 July 1944 the Soviet Army entered Lviv, only 200-300 Jews had survived in hiding in the town and its environs.

 

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