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Kaiserwald (Ķeizarmežs) was a Nazi concentration camp near the Riga suburb of Mežaparks in modern-day Latvia. Kaiserwald was built in March 1943, during the period that the German army occupied Latvia. [1] The first inmates of the camp were several hundred convicts from Germany.
The Kaiserwald concentration camp was built in 1943 at Mežaparks on the edge of Riga, and drew most of its inmates from the ghetto. In the camp, the inmates were put to work by large German companies. [1]: 129 Before the Soviet forces returned, all Jews under 18 or over 30 were shot, with the remainder moved to Stutthof concentration camp.
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Roschmann is sometimes described as the commandant of the Kaiserwald concentration camp, which was located on the north side of Riga. Kaufmann however gives the Kaiserwald commandant as an SS man named Sauer who held the rank of Obersturmbannführer. [29] Jack Ratz, a Latvian Jewish survivor, came face to face with Roschmann in Lenta at the age ...
Beginning in March 1933, detailed reports on camp conditions were published in the press. [80] Nazi propaganda demonized the prisoners as race traitors, sexual degenerates, and criminals and presented the camps as sites of re-education.
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Always visit the camp before paying. Check the location of the camp and view the living, eating and recreational facilities. Take the opportunity to meet the staff. Know the required safety standards.
"400,000 Hungarian Jews were sent to Kaiserwald". I have some doubts about this number. -- Simplicius 03:46, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC) The number is impressive. If such number of people were to be sent in Latvia, massive improvement to infrastructure would be needed, can't land of 2,5 million have suddenly 400'000 more people.