Polemi Concentration Camp

Published 22nd of February, 2019

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

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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

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

Model of the Camp

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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

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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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