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==Lvov pogrom== | ==Lvov pogrom== | ||
[[File:360px-Lviv pogrom (June - July 1941).jpg|right|250px|thumb|Lvov pogrom, June-July 1941.]] | [[File:360px-Lviv pogrom (June - July 1941).jpg|right|250px|thumb|Lvov pogrom, June-July 1941.]] | ||
| − | Germany invaded the [[Soviet Union]] on June 22, 1941, occupying Lvov within a week. The Germans claimed that the city's [[Jewish]] population had supported the Soviets. Ukrainian mobs went on a rampage against Jews. They stripped and beat Jewish women and men in the streets of Lvov. Ukrainian partisans supported by German authorities killed about 4,000 Jews in Lvov during this pogrom. | + | Germany invaded the [[Soviet Union]] on June 22, 1941, occupying Lvov within a week. The Germans claimed that the city's [[Jewish]] population had supported the Soviets. Ukrainian mobs went on a rampage against Jews. They stripped and beat Jewish women and men in the streets of Lvov. Ukrainian partisans supported by German authorities killed about 4,000 Jews in Lvov during this [[pogrom]].<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/film/pogrom-in-lvov POGROM IN LVOV (film)], US Holocaust memorial Musuem.</ref> |
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*[http://city-adm.lviv.ua Official website of the city of L'viv] | *[http://city-adm.lviv.ua Official website of the city of L'viv] | ||
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*Film trailer, ''[https://youtu.be/2sp0ccuFa2Q In Darkness]'', about Jews hiding in the sewers of Lviv for over a year during World War II. | *Film trailer, ''[https://youtu.be/2sp0ccuFa2Q In Darkness]'', about Jews hiding in the sewers of Lviv for over a year during World War II. | ||
[[Category:Ukrainian Cities and Towns]] | [[Category:Ukrainian Cities and Towns]] | ||
[[Category:Urban History]] | [[Category:Urban History]] | ||
Revision as of 20:02, September 27, 2023
L'viv (Polish: Lvov; German: Lemberg) is a city in the west of Ukraine and has a population of 728,350 (2016).
With the re-creation of the Polish state as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, Lviv was taken from the defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire and given to Poland. In September 1939, as a result of Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, Lviv became a part of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine.
Historic Centre
The city of L'viv, founded in the late Middle Ages, was a flourishing administrative, religious and commercial centre for several centuries. Lviv City is situated on the crossing of two profitable ancient trade routes. It developed and flourished rapidly and became one of the main trade centers of medieval Europe. The medieval urban topography has been preserved virtually intact (in particular, there is evidence of the different ethnic communities who lived there), along with many fine Baroque and later buildings.[1]
It is a beautiful city full of the architecture of many influences including Austrian, Ukrainian and Polish since at various times in history all three laid claim to Lviv.
Lvov pogrom
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Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, occupying Lvov within a week. The Germans claimed that the city's Jewish population had supported the Soviets. Ukrainian mobs went on a rampage against Jews. They stripped and beat Jewish women and men in the streets of Lvov. Ukrainian partisans supported by German authorities killed about 4,000 Jews in Lvov during this pogrom.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/865
- ↑ POGROM IN LVOV (film), US Holocaust memorial Musuem.
External links
- Official website of the city of L'viv
- Film trailer, In Darkness, about Jews hiding in the sewers of Lviv for over a year during World War II.