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In Latvia there were several concentration camps. These were in Riga, Daugavpils, Liepaja, Jelgava, Valmiera. The biggest one was Salaspils concentration camp.
It was located in the area of Riga, at Salaspils village. It existed from 10. 1941 - 10. 1944. There were 45 barracks for prisoners. There were, at one time, 14,000 - 25,000 prisoners from various European countries. In Salaspils Concentration camp there were more than 53 000 people killed, among which were more than 7000 children.
The mass graves occupied about 2600 square meters. The killed were placed in the pits in several layers. The biggest branches of Salaspils death camp were Sauriesu and Bema stone quarries. The prisoners were used also as workers in Salaspils peat bog, lime factory and others.
This camp is also called the camp of moving land, people were just placed under terrain alive and left there to die.
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