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Jado concentration camp

Jadu
جادو
Town
Mosque in Jadu
Mosque in Jadu
Jadu is located in Libya
Jadu
Jadu
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°57′N 12°01′E / 31.950°N 12.017°E / 31.950; 12.017
Country  Libya
Region Tripolitania
District Jabal al Gharbi
Elevation 2,230 ft (680 m)
Population (2004)
 • Total 6,013
Time zone EET (UTC+2)

Jadu (/ˈɑːd/ JAH-doo; Arabic: جادو‎‎, Berber: 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. In 1942, about 2,000 Jews and other peoples, who were considered undesirables, were rounded up throughout Libya and sent to the Jadu camp. 564 died from typhus and other privations. The camp was liberated by the British Army in January 1943.

Coordinates: 31°57′N 12°01′E / 31.950°N 12.017°E / 31.950; 12.017


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