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| Vaivara | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
 Concentration camps in Reichskommissariat Ostland. The concentration camps are marked with a black square. | |
.png)  Location of Vaivara within Estonia | |
| Location | Vaivara, Estonia |
| Operated by | Estonian auxiliaries of Nazi Germany |
| Commandant | Hans Aumeier (until Nov. 1943) Helmut Schnabel |
| Operational | August 1943 – 5 February 1944 |
| Inmates | Jews, mostly Lithuanian Jews |
| Number of inmates | 20,000 |
| Killed | More than 1,000 |
Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. Some 20,000 Jewish prisoners passed through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also from Latvia, Poland, Hungary and the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Vaivara was one of the last camps established. It existed from August 1943 to February 1944.[1]
- ^ VAIVARA MAIN CAMP The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Volume I: Early Camps, Youth Camps, and Concentration Camps and Subcamps under the SS-Business Administration Main Office (WVHA), 2009, pp. 1491-1510 (20 pages) doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt16gzb17.47 accessed 17 October 2023