Vaivara concentration camp
- Vaivara concentration camp
Vaivara concentration camp was the largest of the 22 concentration and labour camps established in Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. It had 20,000 Jewish prisoners pass through its gates. [ [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Vaivara.html Vaivara ] ]
It was apparently established in 1943 in Vaivara Commune as a camp for Soviet prisoners of war. From August 1943 until February 1944 it was the main branch of 20 forced labor camps located throughout Estonia.
References and sources
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/Vaivara.html "Vaivara"] - Jewish Virtual Library
ee also
* List of Nazi-German concentration camps
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