Crveni krst concentration camp

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Crveni krst was a concentration camp located in the Serbian city of Niš, and operated by the Nazi Germans during the Second World War.

It is estimated that around 30,000 persons went through this camp, and an estimated 12,000 persons where executed on the location of Bubanj. Many of the other inmates were transferred to other camps like Sajmište concentration camp or other camps around Europe. The camp victims included the Jews, Roma, but mostly members of the Yugoslav Communist Party and their sympathisers, partisan POWs, and members of their families.

The camp was operated from 1941 until the liberation of Niš by the Yugoslav Partisans in 1944.

Currently (as of March 2008), the Crveni Krst camp operates as a museum. However, major investments are due so that the museum could be fully representative.