Hidden in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains, the Polemi Concentration Camp offers a unique glimpse into Cyprus’ history. The camp hosted Cypriot resistance fighters in the latter part of the 1950s, before Cyprus gained independence from Britain. From August 1946 to January 1949, the British government established and operated a dozen camps in Cyprus, which were used as detention centers for more than 50,000 illegal immigrants, mostly Holocaust survivors seeking to resettle in Palestine. These camps were shut down after the establishment of the state of Israel. But a decade later,…
