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Schwesing Concentration Camp Memorial
Schwesing Concentration Camp Memorial
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Address
Engelsburg 10
25813 Schwesing
25813 Schwesing
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Opening hours
Currently closed
Rund um die Uhr geöffnet.
Description
The Nordfriesland district has been the responsible body for this memorial to victims of the Schwesing concentration camp near Husum since 1987. This camp was a branch of the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg. 2.500 people from 14 countries were imprisoned here in autumn 1944. More than 300 died because of forced labour, malnutrition and ill-treatment.
An additional plot of land was purchased in summer 1994 and added to the site of the memorial. Prisoners were once tortured there. Today the foundations of the former toilet barracks can still be seen there. In 2017 the extension of the memorial was completed, including an information area, and the Haus der Gegenwart and a multilingual outdoor exhibition were inaugurated.
An additional plot of land was purchased in summer 1994 and added to the site of the memorial. Prisoners were once tortured there. Today the foundations of the former toilet barracks can still be seen there. In 2017 the extension of the memorial was completed, including an information area, and the Haus der Gegenwart and a multilingual outdoor exhibition were inaugurated.
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Since 1987, the North Friesland district has been the trustee of the memorial in honour of the victims of the Schwesing concentration camp near Husum, which was an external branch of the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg. In the autumn of 1944, 2,500 people from 14 countries were interned here; more than 300 died from forced labour, malnutrition, and mistreatment.
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