Lvov
(in Polish, Lwow; in Ukrainian, Lviv; in German, Lemberg).
City located in East Galicia, now part of the Ukraine. Prior to World War II, Lvov was under Polish control, but was also claimed by Ukrainian nationalists. In 1939, there were 110,000 Jews in Lvov, comprising one-third of the city's total population.
Based on the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed just before the war broke out, the Soviets occupied Lvov in September, 1939. Shortly after the takeover, 100,000 Jewish refugees arrived from German-occupied areas of western Poland.
In June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union, its former ally. As soon as the Germans entered Lvov, Jews were murdered. By early July, 4,000 Jews had been killed,
mostly by Ukrainian collaborators. A few days later the Ukrainians carried out another pogrom, killing 2,000 Jews.
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