Jadu, Libya

Jadu
جادو
Town

Mosque in 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[1] 2,230 ft (680 m)
Population (2004)[1]
 • Total 6,013
Time zone EET (UTC+2)

Jadu (/ˈdʒɑːduː/ 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.[2] In 1942, about 2,000 Jews [3] and other peoples, who were considered undesirables, were rounded up throughout Libya and sent to the Jadu camp.[4] 564 died from typhus and other privations.[5] The camp was liberated by the British Army in January 1943.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Wolfram-Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Gutman, Israel (1990). Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Macmillan, New York, p. 865, ISBN 0-02-897165-5.
  3. ↑ "Scopri StoriaLive". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. ↑ Pugliese, Stanislao G. (2002). The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, pp. 282-284, ISBN 0-313-31895-6.
  5. ↑ "A new look at Libyan Jewry's Holocaust experience". Retrieved 3 November 2016.

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

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