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The ghetto of Lwów was formed in November 1941, about three months after the Germans captured the city of Lwów from the Soviets. At that time, there were approximately 150,000 Jews in the city. Joseph Parnes became the head of the Judenrat but was executed for disobeying German orders, as were his two successors. In March 1942, 15,000 Jews were transported to the Belzec death camp. In August 1942, another 40,000 were deported to Belzec, and the ghetto was completely sealed off from the rest of the city. In January 1943 the Germans and their Ukrainian auxiliaries sent another 20,000 ghetto inhabitants, including the entire Judenrat, to Belzec. The ghetto was then scaled down and officially turned into a Julag (Jewish camp). During the liquidation of the ghetto/Julag in June 1943, the remaining Jews put up armed resistance in various parts of the ghetto. Most of the Jewish population, however, was exterminated. A large number of men (nearly 7,000) were caught and sent to the Lemberg-Janowskastrasse forced labor camp, where they underwent a selection. Most of them were soon killed. (en-US)

Fonte

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Historical Atlas of the Holocaust. New York: Macmillan Publishers, 1995. p. 62

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• Lwów (Polonia : Voivodship)