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419: 42: 304: 110: 49: 213:. Officially closed in 1948, in fact it continued to operate for some time. The camp was based in the local farm estate. Prisoners were kept in pigsties, with scant food rations and no medical care. During the camp’s existence at least several hundred prisoners died, some shot by the Soviet 220:
The existence of the camp was kept secret by the communist authorities for many years; it was only when human remains were discovered during roadworks in 1996 that it came to the knowledge of historians and the wider public.
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was set up in the village by the communist-run, Soviet-sponsored
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Krzesimów is located in Poland
51°15′N 22°48′E / 51.250°N 22.800°E / 51.250; 22.800
Country
Poland
Voivodeship
Lublin
County
Świdnik
Gmina
Mełgiew

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Gmina Mełgiew
Świdnik County
Lublin Voivodeship
Mełgiew
Świdnik
Lublin
forced labour
Home Army
Polish government in exile
Ministry of Public Security
NKVD
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Gmina Mełgiew
Mełgiew
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