Horserød camp
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Horserød camp is a open state prison at Horserød, in local parlance it is still referred as Horserød camp, located in North Zealand
, ca. seven kilometers from Helsingør.
The camp was originally consisted of approx. 75 wooden barracks and was built in 1917 to be a place for Russian
prisoners of war who came from Germany during the First World War. In the period after the First World War the camp housed various kinds of refugees, and was subsequently converted to summer camp for school children from the slums of Copenhagen
.
19. April 1940 the first of 80 German immigrants got detained in the camp. Later they were sent to Germany. On 2 August 1941 the 41 last detainees were sent back to Germany. A court in Hamburg
later sentenced 14 of them to capital punishment
while the rest were sent to German concentration camps.
In 1941 the Danish communists where arrested and first put into Vestre Prison in Copenhagen
and later from the 22 June 1941 at Horserød camp, because of an anti-Communist Act who was adopted by the Danish parliament on 22 August 1941.
First Danish traitors and later since September 1943 the Germans used the camp to detained various Danish resistance and Jews
. Although Horserød Camps was not described as a concentration camp, it had the same function, however, was in contrast to the German concentration camps not under SS.
When the Danish government in 1944 created Frøslev camp the inmates from Horserød was moved there. From April 1945 the Germans used the camp as a military hospital for wounded German soldiers.
From 15 August 1945 the camp was used for the internment of Danish traitors which the last was released in 1956. The Danish prison services took over Horserød camp in 1947.
North Zealand
North Zealand is located in north-eastern part Zealand in Denmark. North Zealand is known for its beautiful countryside and many attractions and the Kronborg Castle in Elsinore, well known from Hamlet by William Shakespeare....
, ca. seven kilometers from Helsingør.
The camp was originally consisted of approx. 75 wooden barracks and was built in 1917 to be a place for Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
prisoners of war who came from Germany during the First World War. In the period after the First World War the camp housed various kinds of refugees, and was subsequently converted to summer camp for school children from the slums of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
.
19. April 1940 the first of 80 German immigrants got detained in the camp. Later they were sent to Germany. On 2 August 1941 the 41 last detainees were sent back to Germany. A court in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
later sentenced 14 of them to capital punishment
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
while the rest were sent to German concentration camps.
In 1941 the Danish communists where arrested and first put into Vestre Prison in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and later from the 22 June 1941 at Horserød camp, because of an anti-Communist Act who was adopted by the Danish parliament on 22 August 1941.
First Danish traitors and later since September 1943 the Germans used the camp to detained various Danish resistance and Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
. Although Horserød Camps was not described as a concentration camp, it had the same function, however, was in contrast to the German concentration camps not under SS.
When the Danish government in 1944 created Frøslev camp the inmates from Horserød was moved there. From April 1945 the Germans used the camp as a military hospital for wounded German soldiers.
From 15 August 1945 the camp was used for the internment of Danish traitors which the last was released in 1956. The Danish prison services took over Horserød camp in 1947.