The Central Labour Camp in Jaworzno has a double history. Originally, it was a German Nazi concentration camp called SS-Lager Dachsgrube a.k.a Arbeitslager Neu-Dachs established during World War II by the Third Reich on the territory of occupied Poland in Jaworzno, Upper Silesia. The camp operated continuously from 1943 under the German administration until the end of war. However, after the liberation and the communist takeover the camp was reinstated and run by the Soviet Union with the People's Republic of Poland till 1956; as the Centralny Obóz Pracy w Jaworznie (COP Jaworzno). There were also two subcamps located at Chrusty and Libiąż.