Haidari concentration camp
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Photo by Ioannis Michopoulos / Municipality of Haidari via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Ioannis Michopoulos / Municipality of Haidari via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Ioannis Michopoulos / Municipality of Haidari via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Photo by Ioannis Michopoulos / Municipality of Haidari via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Ioannis Michopoulos / Municipality of Haidari via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Ioannis Michopoulos / Municipality of Haidari via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Photo by Ioannis Michopoulos / Municipality of Haidari via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Operational period: 1943–1944.
Background
The Haidari concentration camp (Greek: ÏÏÏαÏÏÏεδο ÏÏ Î³ÎºÎνÏÏÏÏÎ·Ï Î§Î±ÏδαÏÎ¯Î¿Ï , romanized: stratópedo syngéntrosis ChaidarÃou; German: KZ Chaidari) was a concentration camp operated by the German Schutzstaffel at the Athens suburb of Haidari during the Axis occupation of Greece in World War II. Operating from September 1943 until it was shut down in September 1944, it was the largest and most notorious concentration camp in wartime Greece, becoming known as the "Bastille of Greece". It was a transit camp established on the grounds of a Greek Army barracks, and it is estimated that in the one year of its operation, some 21,000 people passed through it, including Jews, Italian POWs and Greek political prisoners. The majority of these was transported north, to Auschwitz in the case of the Jews, or to forced labour in Germany, while others were detained for questioning by the Gestapo. It is estimated that ca. 2,000 inmates were executed there during the camp's operation.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1943
Closed 1944
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
SchutzstaffelPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1943
Region
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Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
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Notable inmates
Iro Konstantopoulou1927–1944 · resistance fighterIro Konstantopoulou (Greek: ÎÏÏ ÎÏνÏÏανÏοÏοÏÎ»Î¿Ï [iËro konstadoËpulu]; 1927â1944) was a member of the Greek resistance during World War II.
- DÄ«mÄ«trÄ«s PartsalidÄ«s1903–1980 · politician
Dimitrios "Mitsos" Partsalidis (Greek: ÎημήÏÏÎ·Ï "ÎήÏÏοÏ" ΠαÏÏÏαλίδηÏ; 1905â1980) was a Greek communist politician.
Leon Cohen1910–1989Leon Cohen (Greek: ÎεÏν ÎοÎν; 15 January 1910 in Thessaloniki, Greece â in August 1989 in Bat Yam, Israel), was a Greek Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- DÄ«mÄ«trÄ«s PartsalidÄ«s1903–1980 · politician
Dimitrios "Mitsos" Partsalidis (Greek: ÎημήÏÏÎ·Ï "ÎήÏÏοÏ" ΠαÏÏÏαλίδηÏ; 1905â1980) was a Greek communist politician.
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Data completeness
32%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 (Q506334)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Haidari concentration camp. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/haidari-concentration-camp
"Haidari concentration camp." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/haidari-concentration-camp.
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urldate = {2026-10-23}
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