Vaivara concentration camp
Nazi concentration camp for Jews in Estonia during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. Some 20,000 Jewish prisoners passed through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also from Latvia, Poland, Hungary and the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Vaivara was one of the last camps established. It existed from August 1943 to February 1944.[1]
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Concentration camp | |
Location | Vaivara, Estonia |
Operated by | Estonian auxiliaries of Nazi Germany |
Commandant | Hans Aumeier (until Nov. 1943) Helmut Schnabel |
Operational | August 1943 – 5 February 1944 |
Inmates | Jews, mostly Lithuanian Jews |
Number of inmates | 20,000 |
Killed | More than 1,000 |
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