Polish Youth Custody Camp of the Security Police Litzmannstadt

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Background

Kinder-KZ Litzmannstadt (German: Polen-Jugendverwahrlager der Sicherheitspolizei in Litzmannstadt, Polish: Prewencyjny ObÃ³z Policji BezpieczeÅstwa dla MÅodzieÅ¼y Polskiej w Åodzi, "Child Concentration Camp ÅodÅº") was a Nazi German concentration camp for Polish Christian children in occupied ÅodÅº during World War II, established in December 1942 adjacent to the Litzmannstadt Ghetto where Polish Jews were imprisoned before the Holocaust.

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Sources

EHRI Authority Record
Wikidata entity
Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
EHRI Authority List of Camps and Ghettos / USHMM Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos — European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) / United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM)
Wikidata (Q202428)
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
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APA

World Prisons. (2026). Polish Youth Custody Camp of the Security Police Litzmannstadt. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/polish-youth-custody-camp-of-the-security-police-litzmannstadt

Chicago

"Polish Youth Custody Camp of the Security Police Litzmannstadt." World Prisons. Accessed July 24, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/polish-youth-custody-camp-of-the-security-police-litzmannstadt.

BibTeX

@misc{worldprisons-polish-youth-custody-camp-o,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Polish Youth Custody Camp of the Security Police Litzmannstadt},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/polish-youth-custody-camp-of-the-security-police-litzmannstadt},
  urldate = {2026-07-24}
}

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