Grafenort concentration camp
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Background
The Grafenort concentration camp was a subcamp of the Gross-Rosen concentration camp located in Grafenort Castle, at modern Gorzanów in south-western Poland, which was operational throughout World War II. For 68 days from 1 March 1945, the camp was run exclusively as a women's subcamp, with between 250-400 prisoners of Jewish ethnicity from the Åódź region, transferred from the Mittelsteine concentration camp. Despite initial illusions of luxury, the prisoners at Grafenort were subjected to slave labor, building fortifications, anti-tank trenches, against the advancing Eastern Front of the Allies. They were known for receiving the most brutal treatment of any female concentration camp. Grafenort was one of thirteen Gross-Rosen subcamps located in the Giant Mountains, collectively holding over 13,000 prisoners, about 40% of whom perished. Positioned about 10.5 kilometres north of Bystrzyca KÅodzka in Lower Silesia, the camp was within proximity to significant locations like WrocÅaw and Prague.
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Notable inmates
- Sara Zyskind1927–1994 · writer
Sara Zyskind, also Sara Plager-Zyskind (Hebrew: ×©×¨× ×¤××ר-××סק×× ×) (b.
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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 (Q16200650)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Grafenort concentration camp. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/grafenort-concentration-camp
"Grafenort concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/grafenort-concentration-camp.
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