Klaipėda County
Šilutė District Municipality
Šilutės sen.

Macikai POW and GULAG Camps

Macikai POW and GULAG Camps is location of the German, later Soviet prisoner-of-war camp and the Soviet GULAG forced labor camp located near the village of in German-occupied Lithuania and later, the Lithuanian SSR.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II
  • Also known as: “Macikai POW and GULAG camps” and “Stalag Luft VI”
  • Address: Vilties g. 1, Macikai
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Macikų dvaro sodyba and Šilutė train station.

Manor estate
Photo: Manorku, GFDL.
is a manor estate, which is situated 700 metres southwest of Macikai POW and GULAG Camps.

Railway station
Photo: Pegasas, Public domain.
is a railway station, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Macikai POW and GULAG Camps.

Aerodrome
Photo: Pegasas, Public domain.
is a former Lithuanian Air Force airfield located in Western Lithuania, 5 km east of . It was used for glider pilot training since the 1950s; today it is mainly used by ultralight aircraft and gliders.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Macikai and Barzdūnai.

Village
Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.
is a village in , Lithuania, 2 km east of Šilute. The village is within the Lithuanian Coastal Lowlands. The Šyša river flows around along its northwestern and northeastern edges.

Village
Photo: Žiedas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Žiedas, CC BY 3.0.
is a village.

Macikai POW and GULAG Camps

Latitude
55.35676° or 55° 21′ 24″ north
Longitude
21.5187° or 21° 31′ 7″ east
Open location code
9G739G49+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4871774263
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q12664084
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In Other Languages

From Lithuanian to Russian—“Macikai POW and GULAG Camps” goes by many names.
  • Lithuanian: “Macikų koncentracijos stovykla”
  • Lithuanian: “Macikų lageriai”
  • Polish: “Stalag Luft VI”
  • Russian: “Лагеря в Мацикай”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Macikai village prisoners of war cemetery and Zudermano muziejus.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Macikai POW and GULAG Camps”. Photo: Žiedas, Public domain.