Macikai POW and GULAG Camps

Macikai POW and GULAG Camps
Macikai near Šilutė, German/Soviet-occupied Lithuania
Former building of the solitary cell, now a museum
Macikai POW and GULAG Camps
Coordinates	55°21′25″N 21°31′07″E / 55.3569°N 21.51871°E / 55.3569; 21.51871
Type	Prisoner-of-war camp
Site information
Controlled by	Nazi Germany,  Soviet Union
Site history
In use	1939–1955
Garrison information
Occupants	Polish, Belgian, French, British, Canadian, American, Australian, New Zealand, Soviet, Czech, Dutch and Norwegian POWs (under Germany); German, Romanian, Hungarian, Austrian, Czech, Dutch, and Danish POWs, Lithuanian, Polish, Belarusian and Russian civilians, political prisoners, priests, criminals, etc. (under the Soviet Union)

Macikai POW and GULAG Camps is the complex of prisoner-of-war camp and forced labor camps located near the village og Macikai (Matzicken) in German-occupied Lithuania and later, the Lithuanian SSR. The camp was opened and operated by Nazi Germany (1939–1944), and later became a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp No. 184 (1945–1948), finally transforming into a Soviet GULAG forced-labour camp (1945–1955).^[1]