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Karolewo internment camp (German: Internierungslager Karlshof) was a makeshift concentration camp for residents of Krajna, established by the German Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz on the estate of Karlshof (now Karolewo) near Vandsburg (now Więcbork). It operated from mid-September to mid-December 1939. The internment camp in Karolewo held residents of modern Sępólno County and neighboring counties, arrested in the first months of the German occupation as part of the so-called Intelligenzaktion Pommern. In the camp, they were starved, forced into exhausting labor, and subjected to inhumane treatment. The Internierungslager Karlshof was primarily created for the clandestine liquidation of prisoners – most of the detained Poles were executed in nearby forests.

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@misc{worldprisons-karolewo-concentration-camp,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Karolewo concentration camp},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/karolewo-concentration-camp},
  urldate = {2026-10-21}
}