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LOCATION
The museum Stutthof is situated in Sztutowo. This is a village in the Pomeranian Voivodeship that is communicated with main Polish cities by roads. It is located about 40 kilometres from Gdańsk. 54°20′N 19°11′E.
Stutthof – bird’s-eye view
DESCRIPTION
Stutthof is a former Nazi German concentration camp. It was the longest-functioning this type of camp in the territory of present Poland (from September 2, 1939 to May 9, 1945). It is estimated that about 110,000 prisoners from 28 countries were kept there. About 65,000 people died as a result of hunger, diseases, extreme living conditions, hard work and killing. The camp was built on marshy, swampy terrain. There is a museum in the area of the former camp. Exhibitions in the museum are enriched with documentary films (20-30 min in duration).
INFORMATION SOURCES
Heritage Class: [ C ]Cultural Heritage
Subclass [WH] :Waterfronts and traditional harbor areas
WEB PAGES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutthof_concentration_camp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sztutowo
http://stutthof.org/english
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeum_Stutthof_w_Sztutowie
