Kaiserwald concentration camp
Kaiserwald was a Nazi concentration camp near the Riga suburb of Mežaparks, then part of Reichskommissariat Ostland, in modern-day Latvia. Kaiserwald was built in March 1943, during the period that the German army occupied Latvia.- Type: Camp
- Description: Nazi concentration camp in Latvia
- Also known as: “KZ Riga-Kaiserwald” and “Riga-Kaiserwald concentration camp”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Holy Trinity Evangelic Lutheran Church and Sarkandaugava.
Holy Trinity Evangelic Lutheran Church
Church
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. The church is situated at the address 10 Sarkandaugavas Street. Holy Trinity Evangelic Lutheran Church is situated 350 metres west of Kaiserwald concentration camp.
Sarkandaugava
Railway station
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Sarkandaugava Station is a railway station on the Zemitāni–Skulte Railway, in Sarkandaugava neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia. Sarkandaugava is situated 500 metres south of Kaiserwald concentration camp.
Dauderi
Museum
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Dauderi is a museum, which is situated 1 km northwest of Kaiserwald concentration camp.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarkandaugava and Kundziņsala.
Sarkandaugava
Suburb
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Sarkandaugava is a neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia.
Kundziņsala
Suburb
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Kundziņsala is a neighbourhood of Riga in Latvia, located on an island fully enclaved within the Daugava River in Freeport. The neighbourhood is administratively part of Riga's Northern District.
Čiekurkalns
Suburb
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Čiekurkalns is a neighbourhood of the Northern District of Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Ķīšezers. In April 2014, the new building of the State Revenue Service of Latvia was unveiled at Talejas iela 1 in Čiekurkalns. Čiekurkalns is situated 2½ km southeast of Kaiserwald concentration camp.
Kaiserwald concentration camp
- Categories: Nazi concentration camp and concentration camp
- Location: Riga, Riga region, Latvia, Baltic states, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Kaiserwald concentration camp” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kaiserwald”
- Chinese: “凯撒瓦尔德集中营”
- Danish: “Kaiserwald koncentrationslejr”
- Danish: “Kaiserwald”
- Dutch: “Kaiserwald”
- Dutch: “Riga-Kaiserwald”
- Finnish: “Kaiserwaldin keskitysleiri”
- French: “Camp de concentration de Riga-Kaiserwald”
- French: “Riga-Kaiserwald”
- German: “KL Kaiserwald”
- German: “KL Riga-Kaiserwald”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Kaiserwald”
- German: “Konzentrationslager Riga-Kaiserwald”
- German: “KZ Riga-Kaiserwald”
- German: “KZ Riga”
- Hebrew: “קיזרולד”
- Hebrew: “קייזרוואלד”
- Hebrew: “קייזרוולד”
- Italian: “campo di concentramento di Riga-Kaiserwald”
- Italian: “Campo di concentramento di Riga-Kaiserwald”
- Italian: “Kaiserwald”
- Japanese: “カイザーヴァルト強制収容所”
- Japanese: “リガ＝カイザーヴァルト強制収容所”
- Latvian: “Mežaparka koncentrācijas nometne”
- Lithuanian: “Rygos-Kaiservaldo koncentracijos stovykla”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Riga-Kaiserwald konsentrasjonsleir”
- Norwegian: “Riga-Kaiserwald konsentrasjonsleir”
- Persian: “اردوگاه کار اجباری کایزروالد”
- Polish: “Kaiserwald”
- Russian: “Кайзервальд”
- Russian: “Рига-Кайзервальд”
- Serbian: “Koncentracioni logor Kajzervald”
- Serbian: “Концентрациони логор Кајзервалд”
- Serbian: “Логор Кајзервалд”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentracion de Kaiserwald”
- Spanish: “Campo de concentración de Kaiserwald”
- Spanish: “Kaiserwald”
- Swedish: “Kaiserwald”
- Turkish: “Kaiserwald Toplama Kampı”
- Ukrainian: “Кайзервальд (концентраційний табір)”
- Ukrainian: “Кайзервальд”
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