Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal

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Name (Latin)
Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal
Other forms of name
Tarrafal (Cape Verde). Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal
Colónia Penal do Tarrafal
Tarrafal, Portugal. Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal
Portugal. Ministério da Justiça. Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal
Portugal. Polícia de Vigilância e Defesa do Estado. Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal
Tarrafal (Concentration camp)
Tarrafal (concentration camp)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1031493
Library of congress: n 81002414
OCoLC: oca00548546
Sources of Information
  • TARRAFAL - CHÃO BOM, 2010:p. 13 (Colónia Penal do Tarrafal; open 1936-1954, held Portuguese political prisoners and others; created by Decreto no. 26:530 of 23 April 1936; called 'Tarrafal' and 'Campo da morte lenta'; later opened under the name Campo de Trabalho de Chão Bom (CTCB); held nationalist prisoners from Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape Verde) p. 14 (Colónia Penal do Tarrafal closed in 1954; officially opened in 1961 under the name Campo de Trabalho de Chão Bom; closed from 1 May 1974-Dec. 1974, when it was reopened under PAIGC) p. 15 (ended as a political prison 5 July 1975; the complex was later used for military quarters)
  • Tarrafal, c1978 (subj.)t.p. (Tarrafal) p. 9 (Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal) p. 22 (created by Decreto no. 26 539 de 23 de abril de 1936 as a penal colony) p. 23 (dependent of the Ministério da Justiça) p. 24 (in reality the camp was always dependent on the Polícia de Vigilância e de Defesa do Estado) p. 331 (camp closed 1/26/54) p. 272 (Camp was located in Tarrafal, on the Island of Santiago in the archipelago of Cape Verde)
  • Tarrafal, c1978 (subj.)t.p. (Tarrafal) p. 9 (Campo de Concentração do Tarrafal) p. 22 (created by Decreto no. 26 539 de 23 de abril de 1936 as a penal colony) p. 23 (dependent of the Ministério da Justiça) p. 24 (in reality the camp was alwdependent on the Polícia de Vigilância e de Defesa do Estado) p. 331 (camp closed 1/26/54) p. 272 (Camp was located in Tarrafal, on the Island of Santiago in the archipelago of Cape Verde)
  • Grande encicl. port. e bras., 1935-(Tarrafal, Vila; seat of the conc. on the island of Santiago, Cabo Verde; a penal colony was created in the concelho for polit. and social prisoners, the colony was closed in 1953)