Jadu, Libya

Jadu (/ˈdʒɑːduː/ JAH-doo; Arabic: جادو‎), in other languages also: Giado (Italian) and Gado, is a mountain town in western Libya, in the Jabal al Gharbi District and the Nafusa Mountains.

Jadu جادو • Fessatu
Town
Mosque in Jadu
Jadu Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°57′N 12°01′E
Country	Libya
Region	Tripolitania
District	Jabal al Gharbi
Elevation [1]	2,230 ft (680 m)
Population  (2004)[1]
• Total	6,013
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)

Jadu concentration camp

Jadu was the site of an Italian concentration camp during the Second World War.[2] In 1942, about 2,600 Jews [3] and other people, who were considered undesirables, were rounded up throughout Libya and sent to the Jadu camp.[4] 564 died from typhus and other privations.[5] The camp was liberated by the British Army in January 1943.

See also

• The Holocaust in Italian Libya
• List of cities in Libya

References

1. "Wolfram-Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine". Retrieved 3 November 2016.
2. Gutman, Israel (1990). Encyclopedia of the Holocaust, Macmillan, New York, p. 865, ISBN 0-02-897165-5.
3. "Scopri StoriaLive". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
4. Pugliese, Stanislao G. (2002). The Most Ancient of Minorities: the Jews of Italy, Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, pp. 282-284, ISBN 0-313-31895-6.
5. "A new look at Libyan Jewry's Holocaust experience". Retrieved 3 November 2016.

External links

• "Jadu: Berber hilltop village" LookLex: Libya
• "Jadu, Libya", Falling Rain Genomics, Inc.