Frøslevlejren

Museum in Denmark

Frøslev Camp (Danish: Frøslevlejren, German: Polizeigefangenenlager Fröslee) was an internment camp in German-occupied Denmark during World War II. In order to avoid deportation of Danes to German concentration camps, Danish authorities suggested, in January 1944, that an internment camp be created in Denmark. The German occupation authorities consented, and the camp was erected near the village of Frøslev in the south-west of Denmark, close to the German border. From mid-August until the end of the German occupation in May 1945, 12,000 people had been imprisoned there. Most of them were suspe

From Frøslev Prison Camp on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Coordinates:

54.84°N, 9.33°E

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