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Kiknish family
A family associated with fish motifs on gravestones and origins in the West.
History of the Jews in Lviv
A book by Dr. Jehezkel Karo cited in discussion of the Kiknish name.
G. Suchestaver
Author of a work documenting tombstone inscriptions in Lviv.
Matsevot Kodesh
Suchestaver’s book containing inscriptions and related material.
Lviv Judenrat
Body that organized tombstone copying in January 1942.
Janowska concentration camp
Camp associated with prisoners and reused cemetery stones.
Kadetska Street
Street where cemetery stones were used for paving.
Former Cadets School
Former cadets school where cemetery stones were brought.
Gabriel Sokhestaver
An author cited for inscriptions and monuments of prominent Lviv Jews.
P. Friedman
Author of a chapter on the destruction of Lviv Jews.
Soviet Union
State whose foreign minister announced the outbreak of war with Germany.
Germany
Country whose aircraft bombed Lviv and whose forces attacked the Soviet Union.
Destruction of Lviv Jews
Work describing the destruction of Lviv Jews during the German invasion.
Western districts of Poland
Region from which many Jews fled in September 1939.
Eastern Poland
Region under Soviet administration receiving migration from western Poland.
Krakow district
District of origin for many refugees who settled in Lviv.
Lviv Jewish population in 1940
Jewish population estimated at approximately 180,000 in Lviv.
General Katzmann
German police general who estimated Lviv’s Jewish population in July–August 1941.
Nazi Germany
German Nazi authorities extorted Jews and destroyed synagogues.
Lodz district
District of origin for many refugees who settled in Lviv.
Warsaw district
District of origin for many refugees who settled in Lviv.
Kielce district
District of origin for many refugees who settled in Lviv.
Lviv Jewish community committee
Committee that estimated the city’s Jewish population in August 1941.
Stepan Bandera
Leader of the Ukrainian nationalist party who arrived in Lviv in 1941.
Eastern Ukraine
Region referred to in plans to unite Ukrainian territories.
Ukrainian nationalist party
Party led by Stepan Bandera.
Ukrainian police
Police or militia organized during the German arrival.
Soviet Union
State from which Russian forces departed and Ukrainian territories were to be separated.
Andrey Sheptytsky
Metropolitan who warned Ukrainian believers against bloodshed and violence.
Ukrainian Uniate Church
Church headed by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
Erwin Schulz
SS and Gestapo official who testified about operations in Lviv at Nuremberg.
Gestapo
Organization involved in planning the destruction units.
International Military Tribunal
Court before which Erwin Schulz gave sworn testimony.
Destruction Unit C
Destruction unit reported to have operated in Eastern Galicia.
Local Ukrainian militia
Local militia organized in Lviv and used in anti-Jewish violence.
Prisons in Lviv
Prisons where corpses were found after Soviet withdrawal.