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Krieger
Krieger is identified as a senior SS and police commander in the East.
Katzmann report on the solution of the Jewish question in Galicia
Katzmann prepared and submitted a report documenting the destruction campaign.
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
The report became part of the Nuremberg tribunal document collection after Germany’s defeat.
Aufbau
The German-Jewish weekly Aufbau reported an unverified claim about Katzmann in Cairo.
Curt Joster
Curt Joster is cited as the author or source of Zurich correspondence.
Lviv Jewish residential area
After ghetto liquidation, the former Jewish residential area became a wasteland of ruins.
Jews remaining in Lviv
A small number of Jews remained legally in guarded camp compounds.
Jews hiding in Lviv
Several thousand Jews survived illegally in hiding in Lviv.
Christian families
Some hidden Jews found shelter with Christian families in bunkers and hiding places.
Lviv Special Court
A special court in Lviv that handled cases involving aid to hiding Jews.
German Secret Police
A German police force that searched residents’ homes and city streets.
Western Institute
Institute whose archive is cited as the source of the passage.
Citadel
Killing site in central Lviv between two streets.
Lysynychi Forest
Forest near Lviv where many people were killed.
Valley of Death, or Sands
Depression northwest of Lviv near Yanov Camp and cemeteries.
Kortovka
Mountain slope near the Valley of Death.
Steinhaus and Partners
A Jewish-owned machinery manufacturing company associated with the grinding-machine factory.
Ministry of Transport
The Soviet ministry network that absorbed the factory after confiscation.
Wolfgang von Mohwig
An SS officer appointed manager of the factory during German occupation.
Fritz Gabuyer
An SS officer who replaced Wolfgang von Mohwig as factory manager.
Siemens and Schuckert
The Berlin firm where Fritz Gabuyer had worked as an employee.
Yanovska Street 132–134
Address of the grinding-machine factory in Lviv.
Yanov Work Camp
The factory became a labor camp known popularly as the Yanov Camp.
Aza
A dog trained to attack and kill people on its owner’s command.
Gustav Wilhaus
SS officer appointed administrator of the camp transit section.
Richard Rokita
SS officer appointed deputy to Gustav Wilhaus.
Adolf Kolenko
Second deputy of Gustav Wilhaus and former saddler’s apprentice.
Belzec death camp
Death camp named as the destination for deportees from the transit camp.
Fritz Gibuyer
Chief commander of the camp’s special industrial division.
N. Blumental
Editor of the cited memoir collection.
German Armament Works
Special industrial division employing prisoners in workshops and factories.
Yanov Camp
Camp discussed as the setting of atrocities against Jewish prisoners.
Wilhaus
Camp official transferred shortly after Rokita's appointment.
Rokita
Deputy of Vilhuiz, described as a sadistic camp official.
Kampf
Jewish prisoner and former prewar café musician associated with Rokita.
Kampf's wife
Wife of Kampf, reportedly killed by Rokita.