Polenlager
Sign in to saveThe Polenlager (, Polish Camps) was a system of forced labor camps in Silesia that held Poles during the World War II Nazi German occupation of Poland. The prisoners, originally destined for deportation across the border to the new semi-colonial General Government district, were sent to the Polenlager between 1942 and 1945, once the other locations became too overcrowded to accommodate the prisoners.
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- Instance of
- internment camp
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Operator
- Schutzstaffel
- Location
- Dąbrowa Basin
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- inception
- 1942-00-00
- P8168
- Coltainville
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The Polenlager (, Polish Camps) was a system of forced labor camps in Silesia that held Poles during the World War II Nazi German occupation of Poland. The prisoners, originally destined for deportation across the border to the new semi-colonial General Government district, were sent to the Polenlager between 1942 and 1945, once the other locations became too overcrowded to accommodate the prisoners.
There were over 30 Polenlager camps, mostly in Silesia.
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