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Camp Ashcan

WWII Allied prisoner-of-war camp in Luxembourg; overseen by American authorities for interrogation of Nazi suspects, some of whom were transferred to Nuremberg as defendants in the International Military Tribunal and subsequent Nuremberg Trials
Organization Prisoner Of War Camp Q881001
Camp Ashcan
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Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
prisoner-of-war camp, military prison[4]

Status and dates

Inception
May 1945[7]
Dissolved, abolished or demolished
August 1945[8]

Location

Country
Luxembourg[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.505°, 6.280°[9]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Mondorf-les-Bains[2]

Industry and activity

Has use
interrogation[5]

Relations

Has part(s)
DUSTBIN[6]
More facts +4
Located in
Mondorf-les-Bains
Coordinates
🗺️ 49.505°, 6.280°
Dissolved
August 1945
Has parts
DUSTBIN
🏷️ Also known as
en Prisoner of War Enclosure #32 en Achcan en Camp Ashcan en Central Continental Prisoner of War Enclosure No. 32 en POW Enclosure #32 de Ashcan he מחנה אשקן it Campo Ashcan ja アシュカン収容所 ru Ashcan (лагерь) zh 蒙多夫戰俘營
🔖 Identifiers · 3
VIAF cluster ID
311781286
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2014154174
Freebase ID
/m/0wyhnx7

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Instance of 2
prisoner-of-war camp, military prison
Country 1
Luxembourg
Has use 1
interrogation
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Mondorf-les-Bains
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Camp Ashcan was an organization that dissolved in August 1945[1].

Related Entities

Luxembourg

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . I was the Nuremberg jailer (1st American edition). wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . ahec.armywarcollege.edu. ahec.armywarcollege.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . I was the Nuremberg jailer (1st American edition). wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . I was the Nuremberg jailer (1st American edition). wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . ahec.armywarcollege.edu. ahec.armywarcollege.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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