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German and
Ukrainian police surrounded the ghetto-camp to prevent escape as
additional police units entered to round up all the inhabitants.
They met with resistance: a barrage of hand grenades and firebombs
from buildings, and gunfire from several locations. Nine Germans and
Ukrainians were killed, and 20 were wounded. The Germans responded
by blowing up or burning the ghetto buildings to kill or flush out
their inhabitants. Approximately 3,000 Jews were killed in the
ghetto in the course of the Aktion; another 7,000 were captured and
sent to the Janowska camp, where they were murdered. The Aktion
lasted until June 20, and manhunts in search of hiding Jews
continued until July. |
