Jadu, Libya
Jadu
جادو | |
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| 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; Arabic: جادو, Berber languages: Jadu), 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 was the site of an Italian concentration camp during the Second World War.[2] In 1942, about 2,000 Jews [3] and other peoples, 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". 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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- Italian concentration camps
- Populated places in Jabal al Gharbi District
- Libya in World War II
- Antisemitism in Italy
- Jews and Judaism in Italy
- Italian fascism
- Military history of Italy during World War II
- Defunct prisons in Italy
- The Holocaust in Italy
- World War II sites of Fascist Italy
- World War II concentration camps
- Libya geography stubs