Keywords: Shoes of Nazi victims at Janowska Nazi camp, Lviv, west Ukraine.jpg en Shoes of Nazi victims at Janowska Nazi camp Lviv Ukraine In addition to being a forced-labor camp for Jews Janowska was a transit camp during the mass deportations of Polish Jews to the killing centers in 1942 Jews underwent a selection process in Janowska similar to that used at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Majdanek Those classified as fit to work remained at Janowska for forced labor The majority rejected as unfit for work were deported to Belzec and killed or were shot at the Piaski ravine just north of the camp In the summer and fall of 1942 thousands of Jews mainly from the Lvov ghetto were deported to Janowska and killed 2013-10-02 02 25 11 Declassified Soviet State Archives USSR author Custom license marker 2013 10 01 PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Clothing and possessions of Holocaust victims Janowska Nazi camp |