Today in Labor History November 19, 1943: The Nazis liquidated the Janowska concentration camp in Lviv, Ukraine, murdering at least 6,000 Jews after a failed uprising and mass escape attempt. They typically forced inmate musicians to play Tango of Death during hangings and fox trots during tortures. Simon Wiesenthal was one of the survivors of Janowska. Overall, the Nazis murdered 40,000 in this camp, alone, and a total of 200,000 residents of the Janowska region. The Soviet liberators of the camp found crushed bone buried to a depth of six feet. The photograph shows the bone crushing machine, with Jewish inmates who were forced to operate it.

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