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'''Risiera di San Sabba''' ({{lang-sl|Rižarna}}) was a [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] for the detention and killing of political prisoners during [[World War II]]. It is located in [[Trieste]], [[Italy]]. |
'''Risiera di San Sabba''' ({{lang-sl|Rižarna}}) was a [[Nazi]] [[concentration camp]] for the detention and killing of political prisoners during [[World War II]]. It is located in [[Trieste]], [[Italy]]. |
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The building was built in 1913 and first used as a rice-husking facility. During World War II Nazi occupation forces in Trieste used the building to transport, detain and exterminate prisoners. Many occupants of Risiera di San Sabba were transported to the Nazi concentration camp at [[Auschwitz-Birkenau]] in [[Poland]]. Historians estimate that over 3.000 people were killed at the camp and thousands more imprisoned and transported elsewhere. The majority of prisoners came from [[Udine]], Trieste, [[Gorizia]], [[Pula]], [[Rijeka]] |
The building was built in 1913 and first used as a rice-husking facility. During World War II Nazi occupation forces in Trieste used the building to transport, detain and exterminate prisoners. Many occupants of Risiera di San Sabba were transported to the Nazi concentration camp at [[Auschwitz-Birkenau]] in [[Poland]]. Historians estimate that over 3.000 people were killed at the camp and thousands more imprisoned and transported elsewhere. The majority of prisoners came from [[Udine]], Trieste, [[Gorizia]], [[Pula]], [[Rijeka]] and [[Ljubljana]]. |
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Today the former concentration camp is dedicated as a civic museum. |
Today the former concentration camp is dedicated as a civic museum. |
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Revision as of 22:33, 29 March 2009
Risiera di San Sabba (Slovene: Rižarna) was a Nazi concentration camp for the detention and killing of political prisoners during World War II. It is located in Trieste, Italy.
The building was built in 1913 and first used as a rice-husking facility. During World War II Nazi occupation forces in Trieste used the building to transport, detain and exterminate prisoners. Many occupants of Risiera di San Sabba were transported to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland. Historians estimate that over 3.000 people were killed at the camp and thousands more imprisoned and transported elsewhere. The majority of prisoners came from Udine, Trieste, Gorizia, Pula, Rijeka and Ljubljana.
Today the former concentration camp is dedicated as a civic museum.
45°37′16″N 13°47′20″E / 45.621°N 13.789°E
External Links
Risiera di San Sabba (in Italian but with links to a downloadable English PDF file