Daily snapshot
Bereza Kartuska concentration camp exhibition
The permanent exhibition dedicated to the Bereza Kartuska concentration camp deeply moves every visitor. Established by Polish occupiers on 17 June 1934, the camp operated for more than five years before closing on 17 September 1939. It was housed in the red barracks buildings, one of which now features a permanent three-room museum exhibition. The prisoners were those who opposed Polish rule. The exact number of victims remains unknown to this day. While archives show nearly 3,000 people were held there up to August 1939, there are grounds to believe that more than 6,000 others were imprisoned during its final month of operation.
