Tarrafal prison camp

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf concentration camp
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Camp_of_the_Slow_Death
gptkb:Campo_da_Morte_Lenta
gptkbp:architecturalStyle gptkb:prison
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Portuguese_government
gptkbp:closed 1954
1974
gptkbp:coordinates 15.2781°N 23.7531°W
gptkbp:country gptkb:Cape_Verde
gptkbp:currentUse gptkb:museum
gptkbp:heritageStatus national monument of Cape Verde
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tarrafal prison camp
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tarrafal,_Santiago,_Cape_Verde
gptkbp:notableEvent closed after Carnation Revolution
site of torture and harsh conditions
used during Estado Novo dictatorship
used during Portuguese Colonial War
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:Amílcar_Cabral
gptkb:Humberto_Delgado
gptkb:Agostinho_Neto
gptkb:Mário_Pinto_de_Andrade
gptkb:Álvaro_Cunhal
gptkbp:numberOfPrisonersDied at least 32
gptkbp:opened 1936
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Estado_Novo_regime
gptkb:Portuguese_colonial_authorities
gptkbp:prisonerNationalities gptkb:São_Toméan
Portuguese
Angolan
Cape Verdean
Guinean
Mozambican
Bissau-Guinean
other African nationalities
gptkbp:reopened 1961
gptkbp:significance site of anti-colonial resistance
symbol of political repression in Portugal
gptkbp:usedFor political prisoners
African nationalists
anti-colonial activists
anti-fascist prisoners
gptkbp:website https://www.museudotarrafal.cv/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tarrafal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6