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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Maardu POW camp

  The Maardu POW camp was a Soviet prisoner-of-war camp near Tallinn, at Maardu.

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Kohtla-Järve POW camp (No. 289)

  Kohtla-Järve POW camp No. 289 was one of the largest Soviet prisoner-of-war camps in Estonia. It was established in October 1944 on the site of a former German POW camp.

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Soviet POW camps in Estonia

  After the Soviet occupation was restored in 1944, a number of forced-labour and prisoner-of-war camps were set up in Estonia. In 1944–1953 dozens of camps and camp points operated…

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Lagedi concentration camp

  Lagedi was a Nazi German concentration camp in Harju County, part of the Vaivara system (July–September 1944). Lagedi was a small transit camp for prisoners awaiting evacuation by…

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Soska (Vaivara subcamp)

  Soska was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in the border area, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Petseri (Vaivara subcamp)

  Petseri was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in the border area (now Russia), part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Pankjavitsa (Vaivara subcamp)

  Pankjavitsa was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in the border area, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Kūdupe (Vaivara subcamp)

  Kūdupe was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in the border area (now Latvia), part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Kerstovo (Vaivara subcamp)

  Kerstovo was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp whose location is disputed in the sources (the Estonian study places Kerstova/Putki in Viru County, others in the border area…

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Ülenurme (Vaivara subcamp)

  Ülenurme was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Tartu County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Viivikonna (Vaivara subcamp)

  Viivikonna was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Sonda (Vaivara subcamp)

  Sonda was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system; the camp was opened in early 1944.

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Saka (Vaivara subcamp)

  Saka was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Putki (Vaivara subcamp)

  Putki was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Narva (Vaivara subcamp)

  Narva was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Kuremäe (Vaivara subcamp)

  Kuremäe was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Kunda (Vaivara subcamp)

  Kunda was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Lääne-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Kukruse (Vaivara subcamp)

  Kukruse was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Jõhvi (Vaivara subcamp)

  Jõhvi was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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• Concentration camps in Estonia

  Ilinurme (Vaivara subcamp)

  Ilinurme was a Nazi German concentration-camp subcamp in Ida-Viru County, part of the Vaivara system (1943–1944).

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