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Esterwegen is a municipality in the
Emsland Landkreis Emsland () is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany named after the river Ems. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Leer, Cloppenburg and Osnabrück, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (district of Steinfur ...
district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.


Geography

Esterwegen lies in northwest Germany, less than from the Dutch border and about from the sea.


Demographics

In 2015 the population was 5,280.


Government

The mayor is Hermann Willenborg.


Concentration camp

In 1933 a concentration camp was established in Esterwegen.Official german list
In 1936 the camp was dissolved and used till 1945 as a prisoner camp, for political prisoners and later for prisoners of the decree Nacht und Nebel.


Notable inmates

*
Julius Leber Julius Leber (16 November 1891 – 5 January 1945) was a German politician of the SPD and a member of the German resistance against the Nazi régime. Early life Leber was born in Biesheim, Alsace, out of wedlock, to Katharina Schubetzer and lat ...
, politician * Carl von Ossietzky, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate *
Georg Diederichs Georg Diederichs (2 September 1900 – 19 June 1983) was a German politician, a member of the SPD, who served as Minister President of Lower Saxony from 1961 to 1970. He was born at Northeim and died in Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ...
, later Minister-President of Lower Saxony * Karl Germer, Outer Head of the Order (OHO) of Ordo Templi Orientis


Notes


External links


memorial of Camp Esterwegen and the other 14 Emsland camps (in German, English, Dutch, French)
* :de:KZ Esterwegen
homepage of the memorial (in German)
* United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Concentration Camps, 1933-1939
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