Plaszow concentration camp

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Plaszow concentration camp was a Nazi German forced-labor and concentration camp near Kraków, Poland, notorious for its brutal conditions and later depicted in the film "Schindler’s List."


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
forced-labor camp
builtOnSiteOf Jewish cemetery
Kraków Jewish cemeteries of Podgórze and Płaszów
commander Amon Göth
country Nazi Germany
currentUse memorial and historical site
depictedIn film "Schindler’s List"
endDate 1945
estimatedDeathsNumber thousands
estimatedPrisonersNumber tens of thousands
GermanName Konzentrationslager Plaszow
hasCategory Holocaust locations in Poland
Nazi concentration camps in Poland
hasLanguageOfName German
Polish
historicalEvent Holocaust
historicalPeriod World War II
knownFor brutal conditions
forced labor
mass executions
laterBecame concentration camp
liberatedIn 1945
locatedIn Kraków
Kraków-Płaszów district
Poland
locatedInPresentDayCountry Poland
locatedInVoivodeship Lesser Poland Voivodeship
locatedNear Kraków Ghetto
Podgórze
memorialType Holocaust memorial site
notableCommander Amon Göth
openedAs forced-labor camp
operatedBy Nazi Germany
SS
partOf Holocaust in Poland
Nazi concentration camp system
perpetratorOrganization Schutzstaffel
PolishName Obóz koncentracyjny Płaszów
prisonerPopulationIncludes Jews
Poles
Roma
startDate 1942
subjectOf Holocaust education programs
historical research on Nazi camps
usedFor exploitation of Jewish labor
imprisonment of Polish political prisoners
transit camp for deportations

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
General Government
General Government (Nazi-occupied Poland)
contains
Schindlerjuden ("Płaszów concentration camp")
associatedWith
Lesser Poland Voivodeship ("Płaszów concentration camp site")
containsWorldWarIIHeritageSite
Kraków Ghetto ("Płaszów forced labor camp")
deportationDestination
Plaszow concentration camp ("Konzentrationslager Plaszow")
GermanName
Kraków Ghetto ("Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp")
nearbyCamp
Plaszow concentration camp ("Obóz koncentracyjny Płaszów")
PolishName
Schindler's List
portrays
Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory in Kraków ("Płaszów concentration camp")
relatedTo

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