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Janowska concentration camp

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  • Detail of Memorial to Janowska Death Camp - Near Piaski Ravine - Lviv - Ukraine - 01 (27308724171) (2).jpg

    Photo by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Detail of Memorial to Janowska Death Camp - Near Piaski Ravine - Lviv - Ukraine - 02 (27345729026) (2).jpg

    Photo by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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  • Prison on Former Site of Janowska Death Camp - Lviv - Ukraine - 01 (26771924284) (2).jpg

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  • Prison on Former Site of Janowska Death Camp - Lviv - Ukraine - 02 (27281648772) (2).jpg

    Photo by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • Prison Wall - On Former Site of Janowska Death Camp - Lviv - Ukraine (27281639082) (2).jpg

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  • Prison Wall with View of Derelict Workshops Adjacent to Janowska Death Camp - Lviv - Ukraine - 01 (27345703346) (2).jpg

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  • Prison Wall with View of Derelict Workshops Adjacent to Janowska Death Camp - Lviv - Ukraine - 02 (27281560772) (2).jpg

    Photo by Adam Jones from Kelowna, BC, Canada via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Background

Janowska concentration camp (Polish: Janowska, Russian: Янов or "Yanov", Ukrainian: Янівський табір) was a German Nazi concentration camp combining elements of labor, transit, and extermination camps. It was established in September 1941 on the outskirts of Lwów in what had become, after the German invasion, the General Government (today: Lviv, Ukraine). The camp was named after the nearby street Janowska in Lwów of the interwar Second Polish Republic. The Germans liquidated the camp in November 1943, with the evidence of mass murder being largely destroyed in the Nazi program of Sonderaktion 1005. Estimates put the total number of prisoners who passed through the Janowska camp at between 100,000 and 120,000, mostly Polish and Soviet Jews.

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Region

Lviv

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Notable inmates

  • Emanuel Schlechter
    Emanuel Schlechter
    1904–1943 · singer

    Emanuel Schlechter (born 9 October 1904, Lwów – died November 11, 1943, also: Szlechter, Olgierd Lech) was a Polish-Jewish artist, lyricist, screenwriter, librettist, writer, satirist, translator, composer and director, and occasional actor.

  • Cyla Wiesenthal
    1908–2003 · activist

    Cyla Wiesenthal (née Müller; 9 August 1908– 10 November 2003) was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor during the Second World War.

  • Georg Pocha
    1906 · fitter
  • Janina Altman
    Janina Altman
    1931–2022 · non-fiction writer

    Janina Altman (Hebrew: ינינה אלטמן) (née Hescheles; 2 January 1931 – 24 July 2022) was a Polish-Israeli chemist, author and a Holocaust survivor.

  • Simon Wiesenthal
    Simon Wiesenthal
    1908–2005 · Nazis hunter

    Simon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 – 20 September 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer.

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World Prisons. (2026). Janowska concentration camp. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/janowska-concentration-camp
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"Janowska concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/janowska-concentration-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-janowska-concentration-camp,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Janowska concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/janowska-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}