Police Custody Camp Mechelen
The Mechelen transit camp, officially SS-Sammellager Mecheln in German, also known as the Dossin barracks, was a detention and deportation camp established in a former army barracks at Mechelen in German-occupied Belgium.
- Historical site
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
- Description: former Nazi transit camp and a current museum in Belgium
- Also known as“Mechelen concentration camp”“Mechelen transit camp”
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Police Custody Camp Mechelen
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Latitude
51.02588° or 51° 1′ 33″ north
Longitude
4.47754° or 4° 28′ 39″ east
Open location code
9F362FGH+92
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Police Custody Camp Mechelen” goes by many names.
كازيرن دوسينArabic
SS-Sammellager MechelnBasque
Camp de trànsit de MechelenCatalan
Kazerne DossinCatalan
梅赫伦过渡营Chinese
梅赫倫中轉營Chinese
DossinkazerneDutch
Hof van HabsburgDutch
Kamp mechelenDutch
Kazerne DossinDutch
Kazerne Dossin de Saint-GeorgesDutch
SS-Sammellager MechelnDutch
Στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης ΜέχελενGreek
מחנה המעבר מכלןHebrew
מחנה מכלןHebrew
מחנה מעבר מכלןHebrew
Campo di transito di MalinesItalian
Campo di transito di MechelenItalian
メヘレン収容所Japanese
اردوگاه انتقالی مشلنPersian
Транзитный лагерь МехеленRussian
Dossin-kasernenSwedish
Mechelen tranzit lageriUzbek
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