Crveni Krst concentration camp - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Crveni Krst concentration camp (Red Cross concentration camp), also known as logor Crveni Krst (логор Црвени Крст) or Lager Niš (Лагер Ниш), was a concentration camp located in Crveni Krst, in the industrial zone of the Serbia

Serbia

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n city of Niš

Niš

Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...

, and operated by the Nazis

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during the Second World War

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It is estimated that around 30,000 persons went through this camp, and an estimated 12,000 persons were executed on the location of Bubanj

Bubanj

Bubanj is located in Palilula, Niš, Serbia. According to the 2002 census was 516 inhabitants . It is famous for its World War II Bubanj Memorial Park, Historic Landmark of Exceptional Importance.-History:...

. Many of the other inmates were transferred to Sajmište concentration camp

Sajmište concentration camp

Sajmište concentration camp was a German run Nazi concentration camp located on the outskirts of Belgrade whilst part of NDH . It was established in December 1941 and shut down in September 1944...

or other camps around Europe

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. The camp victims included the Jews

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, Roma, but mostly members of the Yugoslav Communist Party and their sympathisers, partisan

Partisans (Yugoslavia)

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POWs, and members of their families. At least 300 Serbian Roma

Roma people in Serbia

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died at the camp.

The camp was operated from 1941 until the liberation of Niš by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1944.

Niš Concentration Camp was declared Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance

Monuments of Culture of Exceptional Importance (Serbia)

Cultural Monuments of Exceptional Importance are the monuments in the Republic of Serbia that have the highest level of the State protection, and some of them are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites....

in 1979, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.

Currently (as of March 2008), the Crveni Krst camp operates as a museum. However, major investments are due so that the museum could be fully representative.

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