In violation of the Geneva Convention, over 20,000 Russian and Polish prisoners of war were held here, together with freedom fighters from all over occupied Europe.
Only 36,000 of the 200,000 inmates survived. Amongst those killed were 18,000 prisoners of war, executed between 1940 and 1945.
The picture to the right is part of an exhibition along the walls of the former camp, telling the history of the camp (in this case the liberation by the Soviet Army on April 22, 1945).
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