Lieberose forced labor camp

Memorial to the victims of Lieberose forced labor camp

The Lieberose forced labor camp was a Nazi forced labor camp ^[1] situated near the village of Lieberose in Brandenburg, Germany. It was a subcamp of Sachsenhausen concentration camp, near Cottbus. ^{[2] [3]}

Near the end of the war, Jewish prisoners were sent on a death march towards Sachsenhausen. ^[4]

A mass grave, containing the bodies of hundreds of victims of the Nazis, has been found near the site of the camp. ^{[5] [6]} The mass grave is believed to be the largest mass grave in Germany which was not itself within a concentration camp. ^[5]

References

1. Gilbert, Martin (2002). The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN   9780415281454.
2. Reed, Walter W. (2015). The Children of La Hille: Eluding Nazi Capture during World War II. Syracuse University Press. p. 193. ISBN   9780815653387.
3. "The List of the Camps". jewishgen.org. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
4. Gilbert, Martin (2002). The Routledge Atlas of the Holocaust. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN   9780415281454., Map 277 "A Death March From Lieberose, December 1944"
5. "German authorities to excavate suspected WWII mass grave". Deutsche Welle. 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
6. Meiritz, Annett (May 15, 2009). "Legends of a Mass Grave: The Village and the Nazi Labor Camp". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2016-09-15.