Jadu, Libya
Jadu
جادو • Fessatu | |
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 Mosque in Jadu | |
  Jadu Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′N 12°01′E / 31.950°N 12.017°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Tripolitania |
| District | Jabal al Gharbi |
| Elevation | 2,230 ft (680 m) |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,013 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Jadu (/ˈdʒɑːduː/ JAH-doo; Template:Lang-ar), in other languages also: Giado (Italian) and Gado, is a mountain town in western Libya, in the Jabal al Gharbi District and the Nafusa Mountains.
Jadu concentration camp
Jadu was the site of an Italian concentration camp during the Second World War.[2] In 1942, about 2,600 Jews [3] and other people, who were considered undesirables, were rounded up throughout Libya and sent to the Jadu camp.[4] 564 died from typhus and other privations.[5] The camp was liberated by the British Army in January 1943.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Wolfram-Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Gutman, Israel (1990). Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Macmillan, New York, p. 865, ISBN 0-02-897165-5.
- ^ "Scopri StoriaLive". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Pugliese, Stanislao G. (2002). The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, pp. 282-284, ISBN 0-313-31895-6.
- ^ "A new look at Libyan Jewry's Holocaust experience". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
External links
- "Jadu: Berber hilltop village" LookLex: Libya
- "Jadu, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.
31°57′N 12°01′E / 31.950°N 12.017°E
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