Camp Ashcan

WWII Allied prisoner-of-war camp in Luxembourg; overseen by American authorities for interrogation of Nazi suspects, some of whom were transferred to Nuremberg as defendants in the International Military Tribunal and subsequent Nuremberg Trials
Organization prisoner_of_war_camp Q881001
Camp Ashcan
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Camp Ashcan was an organization that dissolved in August 1945[1].

Camp Ashcan

Summary

Camp Ashcan is a prisoner-of-war camp[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of prisoner_of_war_camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Camp Ashcan is located in Mondorf-les-Bains[3].
  • Camp Ashcan is in the country of Luxembourg[4].
  • Camp Ashcan's image is recorded as Camp Ashcan prisoners.jpg[5].
  • Camp Ashcan's instance of is recorded as prisoner-of-war camp[6].
  • Camp Ashcan's instance of is recorded as military prison[7].
  • Camp Ashcan's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 311781286[8].
  • Camp Ashcan's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2014154174[9].
  • Camp Ashcan's has use is recorded as interrogation[10].
  • Camp Ashcan's Commons category is recorded as Camp Ashcan[11].
  • Camp Ashcan's has part is recorded as DUSTBIN[12].
  • +1945-05-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Camp Ashcan[13].
  • Camp Ashcan was dissolved in +1945-08-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Camp Ashcan's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.505, 'lon': 6.28}[15].
  • Camp Ashcan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0wyhnx7[16].

Body

Founding

+1945-05-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Camp Ashcan[13].

Dissolution

Camp Ashcan was dissolved in +1945-08-00T00:00:00Z[14].

Why It Matters

Camp Ashcan ranks in the top 7% of prisoner_of_war_camp entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (179 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . I was the Nuremberg jailer (1st American edition). wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . ahec.armywarcollege.edu. ahec.armywarcollege.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . I was the Nuremberg jailer (1st American edition). wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . I was the Nuremberg jailer (1st American edition). wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ahec.armywarcollege.edu. ahec.armywarcollege.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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