Dubnica nad Váhom

A town in the Trenčín region of Slo­va­kia. The local muni­tions fac­to­ry helped arm the Ger­man army dur­ing the war. Between 1942 and 1944, a labour camp oper­at­ed in Dub­ni­ca, where Roma were also interned. In Novem­ber 1944, it became a so-called hold­ing camp for gyp­sies, where Roma with their entire fam­i­lies were impris­oned. Its capac­i­ty of 300 peo­ple was more than dou­bled. It served pri­mar­i­ly as a col­lec­tion point, and Roma were deport­ed from there to oth­er camps. As a result of the poor camp con­di­tions, epi­dem­ic typhus broke out. On 23 Feb­ru­ary 1945, 26 sick male and female pris­on­ers were exe­cut­ed near the camp.