Crveni Krst concentration camp

Crveni Krst
Concentration camp
The facilities of the Crveni Krst concentration camp
Location of Crveni Krst in contemporary Serbia
Coordinates	43°19′49″N 21°53′19″E / 43.33028°N 21.88861°E / 43.33028; 21.88861
Location	Niš, Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
Operated by	German Gestapo
Operational	1941–1944
Inmates	Primarily Anti-fascist Serbs, Jews and Romanis
Number of inmates	35,000
Killed	10,000
Liberated by	Yugoslav Partisans, 1944
Cultural Heritage of Serbia
Official name	Niš concentration camp (Memorial complex "12 February")
Type	Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance
Designated	13 May 1977
Reference no.	SK 240[1]

The Crveni Krst concentration camp (lit. Red Cross concentration camp; German: KZ Crveni Krst; Serbian: Логор Црвени крст, romanized: Logor Crveni krst), also known as the Niš concentration camp (German: Lager Nich), located in Crveni Krst, Niš, was operated by the German Gestapo and used to hold captured Serbs, Jews and Romanis during the Second World War. Established in mid-1941, it was used to detain as many as 35,000 people during the war and was liberated by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1944. More than 10,000 people are thought to have been killed at the camp. After the war, a memorial to the victims of the camp was erected on Mount Bubanj, where many inmates were shot. A memorial museum was opened on the former campgrounds in 1967 and in 1979 the campgrounds were declared a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance and came under the protection of the Socialist Republic of Serbia.