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Bookmark or Share- Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp - WikipediaPłaszów ( Polish pronunciation: [ˈpwaʂuf]) or Kraków-Płaszów was a Nazi concentration camp operated by the SS in Płaszów, a southern suburb of Kraków, in the General Governorate of German-occupied Poland. Most of the prisoners were Polish Jews who were targeted for destruction by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust.
- Plaszow | Holocaust EncyclopediaMore information about this image. The Plaszow camp was established in 1942 under the authority of the SS and police leaders in Krakow (Cracow). It was initially a forced-labor camp for Jews. The original site of the camp included two Jewish cemeteries. From time to time the SS enlarged the camp.
- Plaszow | Nazi Occupation, Krakow, Oskar Schindler, & MapPlaszow, Nazi German concentration camp near Kraków, in German-occupied Poland, used chiefly as a forced-labour centre. Opened in June 1942, the camp was the main forced-labour camp for Jews rounded up from the general region of Kraków and, later, for Jews from Hungary. At its peak, it held some.
- Plaszow Concentration Camp - Jewish Virtual LibrarySHAEF Counterintelligence Report on Concentration Camps. Main Concentration Camps. List of Major Camps. List of Extermination Camps. Auschwitz-Birkenau. Belzec. Bergen-Belsen. Buchenwald. Chelmno.
- Plaszow History & Overview - Jewish Virtual LibraryPlaszow: History & Overview. The camp of Plaszow was originally designed to be a work camp. However, like many other Nazi camps, shortages of food existed, prisoners starved or were worked to death, or summarily shot for no reason. The camp had been opened in December 1942.
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