Lieberose (
Lower Sorbian: ''Luboraz'') is a town in the
Dahme-Spreewald
Dahme-Spreewald ( dsb, Wokrejs Damna-Błota) is a district in Brandenburg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of Oder-Spree, Spree-Neiße, Oberspreewald-Lausitz, Elbe-Elster and Teltow-Fläming, and by the city of ...
district, in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. It is situated 25 km north of
Cottbus.
History
During
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
,
Lieberose forced labor camp, a subcamp of
Sachsenhausen concentration camp was located here. (The subcamp, KL Lieberose, was a labour camp for the support point of SS- Division "Kurmark". The SS- Division "
Kurmark
The German term ''Kurmark'' (archaic ''Churmark'', "Electoral March") referred to the Imperial State held by the margraves of Brandenburg, who had been awarded the electoral (''Kur'') dignity by the Golden Bull of 1356. In early modern times, ''K ...
" located in Lieberose and surrounding area.
Near the end of the war, Jewish prisoners were sent on a
death march towards Sachsenhausen.
After World War II was the camp a prison camp for the soviet secret service (NKGB).
Demography
People from Lieberose
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Dietrich von der Schulenburg (1849-1911), German politician and member of Prussian parliament
See also
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Lieberose Photovoltaic Park
References
External links
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Official site*
Localities in Dahme-Spreewald
Holocaust locations in Germany
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