Gross-Rosen concentration camp

Gross-Rosen was a network of Nazi concentration camps built and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II. The main camp was located in the German village of Gross-Rosen, now the modern-day in , Poland, directly on the rail-line between the towns of and .
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  • Type: Abandoned camp
  • Description: German Nazi concentration camp in Lower Silesia, now Poland
  • Also known as: “Gr.-Ro.” and “KZ Groß-Rosen”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Manor in Kostrza and Kościół pw. Podwyższenia Krzyża Świętego.

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is situated 1½ km south of Gross-Rosen concentration camp.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Gross-Rosen concentration camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kostrza and Rogoźnica.

Village
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is a village in the administrative district of , within , , in south-western Poland.

Village
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is a village in the administrative district of , within , , in south-western Poland.

Village
is a village in the administrative district of , within , , in south-western Poland.

Gross-Rosen concentration camp

Latitude
50.99725° or 50° 59′ 50″ north
Longitude
16.27819° or 16° 16′ 42″ east
Elevation
227 metres (745 feet)
Open location code
9F2RX7WH+W7
Geo­Names ID
3087078
Wiki­data ID
Q160268
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Gross-Rosen concentration camp” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معسكر اعتقال جروس روزن”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qross-Rosen həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qross-Rozen həbs düşərgəsi”
  • Catalan: “Camp de concentració de Gross-Rosen”
  • Catalan: “Gross-Rosen”
  • Chinese: “大罗森集中营”
  • Chinese: “大羅森集中營”
  • Croatian: “Gross-Rosen, sabirni logor”
  • Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Gross-Rosen”
  • Croatian: “Sabirni logor Gross-Rosen”
  • Czech: “Gross-Rosen”
  • Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Gross-Rosen”
  • Czech: “Koncentrační tábor Groß-Rosen”
  • Danish: “Gross-Rosen koncentrationslejr”
  • Danish: “Gross-Rosen”
  • Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Gross-Rosen”
  • Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Groß-Rosen”
  • Dutch: “Gross Rosen”
  • Dutch: “Groß Rosen”
  • Dutch: “Gross-Rosen”
  • Dutch: “Groß-Rosen” (historical)
  • Esperanto: “Gross-Rosen”
  • Esperanto: “Koncentrejo Gross-Rosen”
  • Finnish: “Gross-Rosen”
  • Finnish: “Gross-Rosenin keskitysleiri” (historical)
  • French: “Gross-Rosen” (historical)
  • German: “005”
  • German: “KL Groß-Rosen”
  • German: “Konzentrationslager Groß-Rosen”
  • German: “KZ Groß Rosen”
  • German: “KZ Gross-Rosen”
  • German: “KZ Groß-Rosen”
  • Greek: “Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης Γκρος-Ρόζεν”
  • Hebrew: “גרוס רוזן”
  • Hebrew: “גרוס-רוזן” (historical)
  • Hindi: “ग्रोस-रोज़न यातना शिविर”
  • Hindi: “ग्रोस-रोज़न”
  • Indonesian: “Kamp konsentrasi Gross-Rosen”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Gross Rosen”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Gross-Rosen”
  • Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Gross-Rosen”
  • Italian: “campo di concentramento di Groß-Rosen”
  • Japanese: “グロース・ローゼン強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “グロース＝ローゼン強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “グロス・ローゼン強制収容所”
  • Japanese: “グロス＝ローゼン強制収容所”
  • Korean: “그로스로젠 강제 수용소”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Groß-Rosen konsentrasjonsleir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Groß-Rosen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “KL Groß-Rosen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “KZ Groß Rosen”
  • Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری گروس‌روزن”
  • Polish: “Groß-Rosen”
  • Polish: “Konzentrationslager Groß-Rosen”
  • Polish: “Rogoźnica”
  • Portuguese: “Campo de concentração de Gross-Rosen”
  • Portuguese: “Gross-Rosen”
  • Russian: “Гросс-Розен”
  • Serbian: “Koncentracioni logor Gros-Rozen”
  • Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Грос-Розен”
  • Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Грос-Росен”
  • Serbian: “Логор Грос-Розен”
  • Serbian: “Логор Грос-Росен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Koncentracijski logor Gross-Rosen”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Koncentracioni logor Gross-Rosen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Gross Rosen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Gross Rosen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Gross-Rosen”
  • Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Gross-Rosen”
  • Spanish: “GroB Rosen”
  • Spanish: “GroB-Rosen”
  • Spanish: “Groß Rosen”
  • Spanish: “Groß-Rosen”
  • Swedish: “Gross-Rosen” (historical)
  • Thai: “ค่ายกักกันโกรส-โรเซิน”
  • Turkish: “Gross-Rosen toplama kampı”
  • Turkish: “Groß-Rosen toplama kampı”
  • Turkish: “Groß-Rosen Toplama Kampı”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґросс-Розен”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Koncentraciske lěhwo Groß-Rosen”
  • Upper Sorbian: “KZ Groß-Rosen”
  • Vietnamese: “Trại tập trung Gross-Rosen”
  • Western Frisian: “Groß-Rosen”
  • “Groß-Rosen”

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