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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 Poznań 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 Poznań and the surrounding region, died while imprisoned at the camp.

Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.

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Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology

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Region

Poznań

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Death-row facility

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Notable inmates

  • Ignacy Rychłowski
    Ignacy Rychłowski
    1895–1950 · military personnel
  • Edward Klinik
    Edward Klinik
    1919–1942 · resistance fighter

    Edward Klinik (21 July 1919 – 24 August 1942) was a Polish Roman Catholic anti-Nazi resistance fighter.

  • Antoni Swinarski
    Antoni Swinarski
    1910–1985 · chemist
  • Leon Prauziński
    1895–1940 · painter
  • Henryk Mania
    1923–2020 · 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 Chełmno extermination camp.

  • Bronisław Hieronim Gładysz
    Bronisław Hieronim Gładysz
    1892–1943 · Catholic priest
  • Grzegorz Frąckowiak
    Grzegorz Frąckowiak
    1911–1943 · Catholic priest

    Grzegorz (Gregory) Bolesław Frąckowiak (July 18, 1911 – May 5, 1943) was a Society of the Divine Word (SVD) martyr.

  • Czesław Jóźwiak
    Czesław Jóźwiak
    1919–1942 · Catholic priest
  • Jan Skrzypczak
    Jan Skrzypczak
    1910–1944

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@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 = {2026-10-20}
}