Crveni Krst concentration camp
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Background
Crveni Krst (lit. 'Red Cross concentration camp'; German: KZ Rotes Kreuz; Serbian: Логор Црвени крст, romanized: Logor Crveni krst), also known as the Niš concentration camp (German: Lager Nich), was a concentration camp operated by the German Gestapo located in the Crveni Krst municipality of Niš, in German-occupied Serbia. It was used to hold captured Serbs, Jews, Roma and anti-fascists during World War II. Established in October 1941, between 30,000 and 35,000 people were detained within it during the war. It was liberated by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1944. More than 10,000 people are thought to have been killed in the camp over the course of its existence. Crveni Krst is one of the few Nazi concentration camps in Europe whose facilities have been preserved in their entirety, and the only one in the former Yugoslavia to hold this distinction.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1941
Operational
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1941
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
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Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
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Contact & address
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Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
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