Polemi Concentration Camp
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I wonder how many of these people are still alive today?


I first visited this camp a few years ago, as there is a geocache here. I haven't blogged about it before now though, because it is a difficult subject for a British person to raise. Plus, a proportion of the audience will be ex military, with their own opinions and perspectives. Coupled with the fact that the first pictures I took a couple of years ago didn't come out well, and that they locked the gates for quite a while, I was able to avoid the subject.
But the camp is open again now, and worth a visit if you are in the area. So I present this for your information. Please don't turn the comments into an argument though. I will only delete them if you do. The only thing people can change is the future, so concentrate on that, rather then the past.
No Idea What This Says

On the final board there were these two notices. If anybody can translate them I would be grateful.
Model of the Camp

There is also a model of the entire camp. As you can see, it is bigger than the the current museum size. A lot of tents provide most of the accommodation and facilities.
To The Future

So that was Polemi Concentration Camp. If you are visiting Polemi for the forthcoming Tulip Festival, why not stop here and take a look? And if you have never been to Cyprus before, don't worry, you will get a warm welcome from the local population. The past is the past. You would be hard-pressed to find a more good-natured group of people.
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