Massacres of civilians during World War II
The Forgotten Massacre of 1000s of Polish Jews: Lviv 1941
17m
The Lviv massacre of 1941 began as Nazi troops entered the city. Jews were dragged from homes, humiliated, beaten, and murdered in pogroms fueled by propaganda and hatred. Einsatzgruppen and Ukrainian nationalists carried out mass killings, while thousands were later confined to the Lviv ghetto and deported to extermination camps. By liberation in 1944, fewer than 1 percent of Lviv’s Jews survived. This documentary uncovers the horrific fate of an entire community.
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