Světlá Hora
Světlá Hora is a village and municipality in Bruntál District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic.
Světlá Hora | |
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Municipality and village | |
 St. Barbara church | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Světlá Hora Location in the Czech Republic | |
| Coordinates: 50.0531°N 17.3814°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Moravian-Silesian Region |
| District | Bruntál District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 16.59 sq mi (42.97 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,886 ft (575 m) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,471 |
| • Density | 89/sq mi (34/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
During some of the time of the Nazi German control of the region, a subcamp of Auschwitz III was located here: the town of Světlá was the location of the Lichtewerden labor camp, established on 11 November 1944.[1]
References
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933–1945, 1:263. Bloomington:Indiana University Press (2009)
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