Holocaust survivor, Joseph Klinghoffer - Lviv pogroms

Joseph Klinghoffer was born in 1903 in Rădăuți, Romania. The family moved to Lemberg (today Lviv, Ukraine) before World War I. Joseph taught modern languages in Lublin. When the war broke out, Joseph, his wife, his parents and brothers were living in Lwow (Lviv), which passed from Soviet to German rule in 1941. In this excerpt, Joseph describes the first month of the German occupation and the pogroms organized by Ukrainian nationalists. Source: Sarah and Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre, 1988; editing: Montreal Holocaust Museum, 2021. - Joseph Klinghoffer est né en 1903 à Rădăuți, en Roumanie. La famille déménage à Lemberg (aujourd’hui Lviv en Ukraine) avant la Première Guerre mondiale. Joseph enseigne les langues modernes à Lublin. Lorsque la guerre éclate, Joseph, sa femme, ses parents et ses frères vivent à Lwow (Lviv) qui passe sous domination soviétique en 1939, puis sous domination allemande en 1941. D