Potulice (Potulitz) concentration camp | |
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Concentration camp | |
Coordinates | 53°07′30″N 17°41′14″E / 53.1249379°N 17.68713°E |
Other names | Lebrechtsdorf |
Location | Potulice, German-occupied Poland |
Operational | 1 February 1941 – 21 January 1945[1] |
Inmates | Expelees from German-occupied Pomerania, forced labourers, kidnapped Polish children: 11,188 prisoners as of 21 January 1945 officially |
Potulice concentration camp (German: UWZ Lager Lebrechtsdorf– Potulitz) was a concentration camp established and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II in Potulice near Nakło in the territory of occupied Poland. Until the spring of 1941 it was a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp.[1] In January 1942 Potulice became fully independent. It is estimated that a total of 25,000 prisoners went through the camp during its operation before the end of 1944. It became notable also as a detention centre for kidnapped Polish children that underwent the Nazi experiment in forced Germanisation.[1]