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Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Military Archeology
The concentration camp in Orel was located on the territory of the city prison on the street. Krasnoarmeyskaya from October 1941 to August 1943 during the occupation of the city and was named by the Nazi authorities "Army Assembly Point No. 20 of the 2nd Panzer German Army.
| Orel — also spelt Oryol or Oriol — is an industrial city in SW Russia. Founded in 1564 as a fortress of the Muscovite State against Tatar attacks, it was the scene of heavy fighting during World War II. |
"The conditions of detention in the camp were aimed at the deliberate extermination of Soviet citizens. In unheated, dark and damp prison cells of 15-20 sq. meters contained up to 60-80 people. Due to overcrowding, the prisoners had to sleep standing or sitting on the cement floor without any bedding. The lack of water for drinking and washing, fresh air, an extremely poor diet (200 grams of rye bread per day, watery soup made from rotten soy, buckwheat flour or spoiled rye flour twice a day at the rate of 25 grams per person per day) led to mass mortality. Yes, sickness caused by starvation, about 3,000 people died in the camp. |