Syrets concentration camp
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The Kiev-West (in German sources) or Syrets (Ukrainian: Сирець) was a Nazi concentration camp or (arbeitserziehungslager – correctional labour camp) established in 1942 in Kyiv's western neighborhood of Syrets [uk], part of Kyiv since 1799. The toponym was derived from a local small river. Some 327 inmates of the KZ Syrets (among them 100 Jews) were forced to remove all traces of mass murder at Babi Yar.[1]
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Concentration camp | |
Other names | Syrez, Syrezky, or Syretskij |
Known for | A Sonderaktion 1005 action to remove evidence of the Babi Yar massacres |
Location | Babi Yar, a ravine near Kyiv, Ukraine (nowadays inside the city) |
Operated by | Einsatzgruppen, Ordnungspolizei, Ukrainian Auxiliary Police |
Commandant | Erich Ehrlinger, Paul Radomski, Paul Blobel, and others |
Number of inmates | 327, including 100 Jews |
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