red cross nazi concentration camp

The Crveni Krst concentration camp is one of only a few in Serbia that weren't raised to the ground when the Germans retreated and whilst very basic with only a few exhibits, it gives you a feel for how opressive the conditions would have been for the thousands of Serbs, Jews and Romani held there. A heavy feeling invades your mood as you enter as if the pain and suffering is soaking out of the ground. Well worth a visit -150 dinars entry or 200 to visit Crveni Krst, The Skull tower and the Archeological Hall - closed on Mondays. For this you get entry and a guided tour. The upper part is currently being renovated so I didn't get to see this, but well worth it regardless.

Been there while they were renovating and one of the floors was not finished. But you can see segregation cells on the third floor and even enter each one of them. Rooms are empty but on the grouns floor there are some of the things prisoners left and posters with information about them and German soldiers who worked there. The staff was helpful and presented a detailed back-up story. The atmosphere seemed genuine and sorrowful. Glad to have seen it.

Very interesting place! The guide was very good and could tell a lot about the history and life in the camp. This sight, although not to big, gives you a feeling about history and the cruelty of war. Part of the wall was destroyed in the 1999 NATO bombing of a close Serbian military facility.

we wanted to see it, but unfortunately it was closed, we had too peep inside from the gate, also not very well marked, we passed twice near it and we did not notice it

The site is small - which should give you an idea of how cramped and retched it would have been to be here (some people expect to see a massive site). It's a grim place, which reminds you just how brutal humans are. The tour was made for us by Alexander, a member of staff who gave us a oral history. His knowledge was extensive (even of New Zealand casualties, which amazed my wife), his English was excellent, and he was very accommodating for all our questions. We left very well informed and very moved.

September 2013 is not correct, WE visited this camp years ago, when it was still Yugoslavia. Stayed with friends in their home at Nis. Their mother was in the resistance and had been in that camp. It is very impressing, especial when you visit it with the daughters of a former prisoner. Special when you hear the story of the last days. At the last few days, the prisoners found out that they all will be executed e few days later. One night they start running to the barber wire and the machineguns. The first were killed but they continue with running. In the end there where about 250 people killed, but about 500 escaped.

We drove and there are quite a few signs around the city, both in Cyrillic and in English, leading to the camp. Upon entering the camp, you quickly realise that it is very small and comprised on three rooms, which are available to be seen. The guide, which had good English skills by the way, told us that the upstairs of the main building, where they kept the prisoners was under construction and therefore not open to visitors yet. Allow yourself 30-40 minutes to view this site, as there really is not much to see.. but it does however give good insight into Serbias part in WW2.

This old nazi concentration camp was really a transit site. The history is quite interesting an the guides are knowledgable and do speak english.

We visited the Nazi Concentration Camp from the centre of Nis which was a short drive of 5 mins. My wife and I arrived at the scene of the crime, with my wife unfortunately falling ill and was on toilet duty for the remainder of the tour! I still went along, and was toured around the camp by an excellent english speaking guide accompanied by another tourist. The main section was the only feature of the tour, which demonstrated what conditions were like during those tough times. Cramped, intense and hope are words that spring to mind. Also a key factor was lots of other nationalities were held here including Polish, Bulgarian, Russian and a few English. Very interesting to see carvings on the stone, as prisoners wrote their names and addressees in hope of rescue. Great to see the effort in keeping the camp immaculate, but more could be done to show other areas of life on the site. It's a shame these areas (offices/bathroom/kitchen) are no longer available for tourist viewing. Also the upstairs section of the camp was not available, as a museum collection is being put in place but not until spring 2015?! Fully agreed that this place is steeped in history, but more genuine evidence could be used to show that. Otherwise excellent informative guide and very easy to find. Oh, and my wife felt ok in the end!

Breath taking place. History.. Very emotional when walking around. Place is well maintained and clean. but i sincerely hope to see in future more books, pamphlets, more possible things for tourists who are visiting this place. Worth to see. When you are able to find a guide, it is amazing.

Camp with good guide in english. Not very far from city center. And a small camp to have an idea of humans cruelty.

The only thing I didn't like was that it is a little junky in the area leading up to the camp. However, once inside, we paid the price of admission and a guide all of a sudden appeared at our side and conducted about an hour long private tour. She spoke really good English and was a wonderful guide. I had been to Nis probably half a dozen times in the last few years and didn't even know it existed until this visit. Very, very moving experience being there. Caution: closed on Mondays!

We have read some interesting reviews from others, and were interested to go and have a look, but unfortunately the place is currently closed for renos. We did peek through the tiny openings in the wall, and had an eerie glimpse of the site of many atrocities and the 105 brave souls who managed to escape.

Red Cross Nazi Contrentation Camp is a place where many people who were imprisoned during the World war 2 were held.From there Nazis stuffed them into trucks and driven away to be shot, mainly on Bubanj hill.Many prisoners were shot dead as they tried to escape. the Camp has solid remains that prove torture which prisoners suffered.You should visit this place its part of World war 2 history.

This was the main reason I wanted to visit Niš. I am Australian but I could hardly understand the little old lady at the entrance when she was speaking English, although I appreciate her effort to speak a foreign language.As I entered the gate, she yelled out a hello from a building off to the side and I reciprocated. She then asked me if I've come to see the camp and I replied yes I have. She then proceeded to ask me if I speak English, bearing in mind we were just communicating in English. Her next question was "Are you Chinese?" ??????? I am as white as any Serb or European so I tried really hard not to laugh at this random question which caught me a little off-guard. I could see in the reflection of a window the person behind me (another tourist I assume) start laughing.After this weird introduction and a small fee, she spoke briefly about the camp for about 2 minutes but I only understood 2 or 3 sentences. She instructed I may only visit 1 of the buildings as the rest are an office (a little odd).Inside the building, the ground floor and 1st floor are full of photos and portraits and a few documents, ZERO in English, a little bit in German (since the camp was run by Germans) and the rest was in cyrillic script Serbian. Myself and I'd assume most tourists would not understand anything, most of the people in the pictures were smiling looking happy and wearing casual/formal clothes so I couldn't tell if they were prisoners or guards since the descriptions were all in Serbian.The top floor had prison cells and didn't need describing, especially the cells carpeted with barbed wire.Overall, the ticket lady was nice and asked if I had any questions as I was leaving (I had many since nothing was in English but I didn't want to press her, I probably wouldn't have understood her anyway) and the camp is kept in fairly good condition, much could easily be improved though, it was a little disappointing.