Potulice concentration camp
| Potulice (Potulitz) concentration camp | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
Nazi concentration camp Potulice in occupied Poland. Work brigade, pictured | |
| Coordinates | 53°07′30″N 17°41′14″E / 53.1249379°N 17.68713°E |
| Other names | Lebrechtsdorf |
| Location | Potulice, German-occupied Poland |
| Operational | 1 February 1941 – 21 January 1945 |
| Inmates | Expelees from German-occupied Pomerania, forced labourers, kidnapped Polish children: 11,188 prisoners as of 21 January 1945 officially |
Potulice concentration camp (German: UWZ Lager Lebrechtsdorf– Potulitz) was a concentration camp established and operated by Nazi Germany during World War II in Potulice near Nakło in the territory of occupied Poland. Until the spring of 1941 it was a subcamp of the Stutthof concentration camp. In January 1942 Potulice became fully independent. It is estimated that a total of 25,000 prisoners went through the camp during its operation before the end of 1944. It became notable also as a detention centre for kidnapped Polish children that underwent the Nazi experiment in forced Germanisation.