Janine Webber

Born

1932-01-01

Birthplace

Lwów, Lwowskie, Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Biography

Janine Webber is a Polish/British holocaust survivor. Following the Nazi-Soviet Pact, Lwów was occupied by the Red Army in 1939 and remained under Soviet rule until June 1941 when Germany invaded the USSR. Persecution of the Jews of Lwów began immediately, and thousands of people were murdered within weeks of the invasion by the Nazis and Ukrainian collaborators.