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Murder story of Janow Jews in the Janów Ghetto
Murder Site
Janów Poleski
Poland
At the time of the murder operation of September 24 or 26, 1942, some Jewish families hid in specially-prepared shelters while the Germans were gathering up the victims to be shot. When they realized that not all the Jews had been dispatched to the shooting site, the Germans set the ghetto ablaze, hoping to force the remaining Jews out of hiding. Numerous Jews either suffocated to death in the tiny hideouts or were shot in the streets of the ghetto. The exact number of victims remains unknown. According to some testimonies, they were buried at the Jewish cemetery after the liquidation of the ghetto.
Related Resources
Written Testimonies
ChGK Soviet Reports
Sergey Rozenberg, who was born in Janów and lived there during the war years, testified:
…And in the evening, I cried all the time as I looked in the direction of Janów, where a giant fire was burning – the ghetto was being consumed by flames, and the sounds of rifle and submachine-gun fire never ceased. The fire burned until late at night. As we would later learn, the SS men failed to gather up all the ghetto inmates to be shot. Many people had hidden away in underground dugouts, cellars, attics, and [other] secret locations between double walls. In order to liquidate all the people, [the Germans] poured gasoline over the houses and set them on fire. Hundreds of people were burned alive. Only a few individuals managed to survive in this inferno….
YVA O.33 / 4921
Janów Poleski
Ghetto
Poland
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