Kaiserwald concentration camp

Kaiserwald was a Nazi concentration camp situated in the and neighborhoods of , the capital of . It originally served the function of a collective assembly point distributing Jewish labourers for the German Army to a number of surrounding satellite workcamps.
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  • Type: Camp
  • Description: Nazi concentration camp in Riga, Latvia (1943-44)
  • Also known as: “Ķeizarmežs Concentration Camp”, “KZ Riga-Kaiserwald”, “Mežaparks Concentration Camp”, and “Riga-Kaiserwald concentration camp”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Trinity Evangelic Lutheran Church and Sarkandaugava.

Church
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Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church in , the capital of . It is a parish church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. The church is situated at the address 10 Sarkandaugavas Street. is situated 350 metres west of Kaiserwald concentration camp.

Railway station
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Station is a railway station on the Zemitāni–Skulte Railway, in neighbourhood of , Latvia. is situated 500 metres south of Kaiserwald concentration camp.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 1 km northwest of Kaiserwald concentration camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarkandaugava and Kundziņsala.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , .

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of in , located on an fully enclaved within the Daugava River in Freeport. The neighbourhood is administratively part of Riga's Northern District.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of the Northern District of , the capital of . It is located on the southwestern shore of . In April 2014, the new building of the State Revenue Service of Latvia was unveiled at Talejas iela 1 in . is situated 2½ km southeast of Kaiserwald concentration camp.

Kaiserwald concentration camp

Latitude
56.99744° or 56° 59′ 51″ north
Longitude
24.13067° or 24° 7′ 50″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9G86X4WJ+X7
Geo­Names ID
11524029
Wiki­data ID
Q697912
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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”
  • Korean: “카이저발트 강제 수용소”
  • Latvian: “Kaiserwald koncentrācijas nometne”
  • Latvian: “Kaizervald nometne”
  • Latvian: “Mežaparka koncentrācijas nometne”
  • Latvian: “Rīga-Kaiserwald”
  • 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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