Stanisławów Ghetto
| Stanisławów Ghetto | |
|---|---|
Tempel Synagogue in Stanislavov before World War II | |
Stanisławów location during the Holocaust in Eastern Europe | |
| Location | Stanisławów German occupied Poland today Ivano-Frankivsk, Western Ukraine |
| Incident type | Imprisonment, slave labor, mass killing |
| Organizations | SS |
| Camp | Belzec (see map) |
| Victims | 20,000 Jews and 10,000–12,000 before the Ghetto was set up, in Bloody Sunday massacre |
Stanisławów Ghetto (Polish: getto w Stanisławowie, German: Ghetto Stanislau) was a ghetto established in 1941 by Nazi Germany in Stanisławów (now Ivano-Frankivsk) in German occupied Poland (today Ukraine). After the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the town was incorporated into District of Galicia, as the fifth district of the General Government.
On 12 October 1941, during the so-called Bloody Sunday, some 10,000–12,000 Jews were shot into mass graves at the Jewish cemetery by the German uniformed SS-men from SIPO and Order Police battalions assisted by the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police. Dr. Tenenbaum of the Judenrat refused the offer of exemption and was killed along with the others. Two months after that, the ghetto was established officially for the 20,000 Jews still remaining, and sealed off with walls on 20 December 1941. Over a year later, in February 1943, the Ghetto was officially closed, when no more Jews were held in it.