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Fort VII concentration camp
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Background
Fort VII, officially Konzentrationslager Posen (renamed later), was a Nazi German death camp set up in PoznaÅ in German-occupied Poland during World War II, located in one of the 19th-century forts circling the city. According to different estimates, between 4,500 and 20,000 people, mostly Poles from PoznaÅ and the surrounding region, died while imprisoned at the camp.
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Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
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Region
Poznań
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Death-row facility
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Known issues
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Notable inmates
Ignacy RychÅowski1895–1950 · military personnel
Edward Klinik1919–1942 · resistance fighterEdward Klinik (21 July 1919 â 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter.
Antoni Swinarski1910–1985 · chemist- Leon PrauziÅski1895–1940 · painter
- Henryk Mania1923–2020 · laborer
Henryk Mania (born 17 January 1923 in Rakoniewice, died 13 April 2020 in Szczecin) was a Polish laborer and collaborator of Nazi Germany, who served as a kapo in the CheÅmno extermination camp.
BronisÅaw Hieronim GÅadysz1892–1943 · Catholic priest
Grzegorz FrÄ ckowiak1911–1943 · Catholic priestGrzegorz (Gregory) BolesÅaw FrÄ ckowiak (July 18, 1911 â May 5, 1943) was a Society of the Divine Word (SVD) martyr.
Czesław Jóźwiak1919–1942 · Catholic priest
Jan Skrzypczak1910–1944
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Data completeness
28%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- EHRI Authority Record
- Wikidata entity
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
- Wikidata (Q165076)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Fort VII concentration camp. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-vii-concentration-camp
Chicago
"Fort VII concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-vii-concentration-camp.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-fort-vii-concentration-camp,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Fort VII concentration camp},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/fort-vii-concentration-camp},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}