Beisfjord camp

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Beisfjord camp was a World War II Nazi concentration camp in Norway where primarily Yugoslav prisoners were subjected to brutal forced labor and mass executions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi concentration camp
World War II prison camp
causeOfDeath disease
execution
exhaustion from forced labor
starvation
commemorates Yugoslav victims of Beisfjord camp
conflict World War II
country Norway
dateOfEvent 1942-07-18
endDate 1943-10-01
estimatedNumberOfDeaths more than half of prisoners
over 500
guardedBy German SS NERFINISHED
Norwegian guards
hasLanguageOfVictims Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian
locatedIn Beisfjord NERFINISHED
Narvik municipality NERFINISHED
Nordland county NERFINISHED
locatedOn Ofotfjord NERFINISHED
memorial Beisfjord memorial site NERFINISHED
memorialLocatedIn Beisfjord NERFINISHED
notableEvent Beisfjord massacre NERFINISHED
numberOfPrisoners approximately 748 Yugoslav prisoners in first transport
approximately 900
operatedBy German occupation authorities in Norway
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
partOf Nazi camp system in occupied Norway NERFINISHED
perpetrator German SS guards NERFINISHED
Norwegian collaborators
primarilyHeld Serbian prisoners
Yugoslav prisoners
recognizedAs site of crimes against humanity
site of war crimes
startDate 1942-06-25
usedBy SS NERFINISHED
Wehrmacht
usedFor forced labor
imprisonment of Yugoslav prisoners of war
mass executions
victim Serbian civilians
Yugoslav prisoners of war
workType military infrastructure building
railway construction
road construction

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Beisfjorden hasNearbyHistoricalSite Beisfjord camp