Vaivara concentration camp
Vaivara was the largest of the 22 concentration and labor camps established in occupied Estonia by the Nazi regime during World War II. Some 20,000 Jewish prisoners passed through its gates, mostly from the Vilna and Kovno Ghettos, but also from Latvia, Poland, Hungary and the Theresienstadt concentration camp.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: Nazi concentration camp in Estonia (1943-1944)
- Also known as: “KZ Vaivara”, “Vaivara kuela”, and “Vaivara küla”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sillamäe Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and Sillamäe Püha Adalberti ja Püha Georgiuse kirik.
Sillamäe Püha Adalberti ja Püha Georgiuse kirik
Church
Photo: Juhan121, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sillamäe Püha Adalberti ja Püha Georgiuse kirik is a church, which is situated 3½ km north of Vaivara concentration camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sillamäe and Sinimäe.
Sillamäe
Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sillamäe is a town of 17,000 inhabitants in East Estonia, where the Sõtke River into the Bay of Finland. In Soviet times a closed city of nuclear scientists, the Soviet heritage is still very visible here.
Sinimäe
Village
Photo: Echoecho01, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sinimäe is a small borough in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 319, of which the Estonians were 100. Sinimäe is situated 5 km east of Vaivara concentration camp.
Sinimäed Hills
Locality
The Sinimäed Hills are three linked hills in northeastern Estonia. The heights which are aligned west–east, consist of Tornimägi, Põrguaugu mägi and Pargimägi. Sinimäed Hills is situated 4 km east of Vaivara concentration camp.
Vaivara concentration camp
- Categories: Nazi concentration camp and concentration camp
- Location: Narva-Jõesuu, Ida-Viru County, East Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Vaivara concentration camp” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “外瓦羅集中營”
- Chinese: “瓦伊瓦拉集中營”
- Chinese: “瓦伊瓦拉集中营”
- Chinese: “維亞瓦拉集中營”
- Danish: “Vaivara”
- Dutch: “Concentratiekamp Vaivara”
- Dutch: “Vaivara (concentratiekamp)”
- Dutch: “Vaivara”
- Estonian: “Vaivara koonduslaager”
- French: “Camp de concentration de Vaivara”
- French: “Vaivara”
- German: “KL Vaivara”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Vaivara”
- German: “KZ Vaivara”
- German: “KZ Waiwara”
- Hebrew: “מחנה הריכוז ואיווארה”
- Italian: “campo di concentramento di Vaivara”
- Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Vaivara”
- Japanese: “ヴァイヴァラ強制収容所”
- Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری وایوارا”
- Polish: “Vaivara”
- Russian: “Вайвара”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Vaivara”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Vaivara”
- Swedish: “Vaivara koncentrationsläger”
- Swedish: “Vaivara”
- Turkish: “Vaivara toplama kampı”
- Uzbek: “Vaivara konslageri”
- Western Frisian: “Vaivara (konsintraasjekamp)”
- Western Frisian: “Vaivara”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vaivara Parish and Reidepõllu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vaivara Jaam and Sõtke.
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