Sydspissen detention camp
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Sydspissen detention camp (Norwegian: Sydspissen fangeleir, German: Polizeihäftlingslager Südspitze) was a Nazi concentration camp in Tromsø, Norway, which operated briefly during World War II. Serving as the primary prison camp in northern Norway, it quickly became overcrowded and is now considered to have had some of the worst conditions of any camp under the German occupation. The prisoners were eventually relocated a short distance away to Tromsdalen detention camp.[1][2] The camp was used to hold Nazi collaborators after the war, some of whom were badly mistreated.[1][3][4] There are no known photographs of the concentration camp; however, a painting in Tromsø Forsvarsmuseeum (Tromsø Defence Museum) details the camp during the summer of 1941, prior to the construction of an additional barracks for prisoners and a residence for the camp commander.[5]
Sydspissen detention camp | |
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Concentration camp | |
Coordinates | 69.6273°N 18.9134°E / 69.6273; 18.9134 |
Other names | German: Polizeihäftlingslager Südspitze, Norwegian: Sydspissen fangeleir |
Location | Tromsøya, Norway |
Built by | Nazi Germany |
Operated by | Sicherheitspolizei |
Operational | June 1941 - November 1942 |