Szebnie concentration camp

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Szebnie
Forced-labor camp
Top: plan of the camp, September 1943
Location of KL Szebnie in World War II,
east of Plaszow concentration camp
Other namesGerman: Lager Szebnie[1]
LocationSzebnie, occupied Poland
Operated bySchutzstaffel (SS)
Original useInternment
OperationalJune 1941 – August 1944
InmatesJews, Poles, Ukrainians, Roma
Killed10,000
Liberated byThe Red Army
WebsiteSzebnie at Virtual Shtetl

Szebnie was a forced-labor camp established during World War II by Nazi Germany in the General Government in the south-eastern part of occupied Poland. It was located near the town of Szebnie approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Jasło and 42 km (26 mi) south-west of Rzeszów.[2] The facility was constructed in 1940 originally as horse stables for the Wehrmacht, adjacent to a manorial estate where the German officers stationed (photo). Over the course of the camp's operation thousands of people perished there, including Soviet prisoners of war, Polish Jews, Poles, Ukrainians, and Romani people. The charred remains of the camp were entered by the Soviets on 8 September 1944.[3]

  1. ^ Ulrich Herbert, Karin Orth (1 January 1998). Die nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager: Entwicklung und Struktur (in German). Wallstein Verlag. p. 420. ISBN 3892442894. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 1 June 2008.
  3. ^ Jacek Bracik, Józef Twaróg (2003). "Obóz w Szebniach (Camp in Szebnie)" (in Polish). Region Jasielski, nr 3 (39). Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)