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06-18-2009, 08:39 PM
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WWII - Syretsky Concentration Camp - Holocaust
The Syretsky camp was a sub-camp of KZ Sachsenhausen. It was situated at the north-western edge of Kiev, in the place called Syrets, today a suburb of the city. It was the location of the former summer camps of the Kiev garrison, by the slope of the Babiy Yar ravine. The Syretsky concentration camp was created in spring of 1942. It served to intern POWs, partisans, and Jews who had survived the mass actions of September - October 1941. Before the camp was established, there was a concentration camp on Kerosinnaja Street (now Sholudenko Street). Until June 1942 inmates lived in the open air. The camp was guarded by Ukrainian policemen and German SS men. The commandant was SS-Sturmbannführer Paul von Radomski. More than 3,000 inmates were interned in the camp at any given time. |