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Janowska concentration camp
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Background
Janowska concentration camp (Polish: Janowska, Russian: Янов or "Yanov", Ukrainian: ЯнÑвÑÑкий ÑабÑÑ) 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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SchutzstaffelPopulation held
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Region
Lviv
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Notable inmates
Emanuel Schlechter1904–1943 · singerEmanuel Schlechter (born 9 October 1904, Lwów â 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 Wiesenthal1908–2003 · activist
Cyla Wiesenthal (née Müller; 9 August 1908â 10 November 2003) was a Polish-born Jewish Holocaust survivor during the Second World War.
- Georg Pocha1906 · fitter
Janina Altman1931–2022 · non-fiction writerJanina Altman (Hebrew: ×× ×× × ×××××) (née Hescheles; 2 January 1931 â 24 July 2022) was a Polish-Israeli chemist, author and a Holocaust survivor.
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Simon Wiesenthal1908–2005 · Nazis hunterSimon Wiesenthal (31 December 1908 â 20 September 2005) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, Nazi hunter, and writer.
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Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q2422842)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Janowska concentration camp. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/janowska-concentration-camp
Chicago
"Janowska concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 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 = {2026-07-21}
}