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Lemberg. Created by German military, Berlin, 194-. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

Lviv and the Janowski Concentration Camp

Posted by: Ryan Moore

The city of Lviv, in what is now western Ukraine, was greatly impacted by the Second World War and the Holocaust. Prior to the outbreak of fighting, it was part of Poland and known as Lwów. It was then a diverse, multi-ethnic city, and its inhabitants included large communities of Jews, Poles, Ukrainians, and others. …