| Copieweg internment camp | |
|---|---|
 A photo of Copieweg internment camp, 1940s | |
  Location within Suriname | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Noord, Para District |
| Country |  Suriname |
| Coordinates | 5°39′40″N 55°13′12″W / 5.66109°N 55.21987°W |
Copieweg camp was a Dutch Internment Camp for German civilians that operated in Surinam during World War II, from 1940 to 1947.[1][2][3] They were interned due to their nationality rather than due to proven support for Nazi Germany, although some of them were widely known to be Nazi supporters.[4] Non-German detainees were also sent to this camp after 1942, including a small group of South African conscientious objectors and a few members of the Surinam political opposition including the politician Wim Bos Verschuur. The camp was built on the site of a Roman Catholic Monastery twenty kilometres from Paramaribo which was expanded to house a larger number of detainees.
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