Bili Sarny detention centre

The Bili Sarny concentration camp (Ð‘Ñ–Ð»Ñ– Ð¡Ð°Ñ€Ð½Ð¸ ÐºÐ¾Ð½Ñ†ÐµÐ½Ñ‚Ñ€Ð°Ñ†Ñ–Ð¹Ð½Ð¸Ð¹ Ñ‚Ð°Ð±Ñ–Ñ€) was a Polish internment camp for political prisoners that was operated in 1938-39 at Sarny in the former (today in Volyn oblast, Ukraine, near the city of Sarny).

With the establishment of the detention centre in Bereza Kartuzka, Poland became the third country in the world (after the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany) to establish a system of internment centres.

History
The camp was created in 1938, based on the design of the Bereza Kartuzka camp. The inspiration for the establishment of a system of concentration camps in Poland came from Hermann Göring's visit to Poland in 1934.

Individuals were incarcerated at Bili Sarny by administrative decision, without right of appeal, for a period of 3 months. The incarceration could be extended for another 3 months (cases are known of individuals being incarcerated for a year). Detained there, in addition to subversion suspects and political opponents of the ruling Sanacja (Sanation) regime, were financial criminals and persons suspected of such crimes (including a substantial proportion of Jews ), common criminals (especially recidivists), and in the prison's final phase, persons suspected of sabotage and espionage for Nazi Germany.

The Bili Sarny camp was organized by the director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, , and the head of that Department's Nationalities Section (WydziaÅ‚ NarodowoÅ›ciowy), Colonel .

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