Country Germany District Dahme-Spreewald Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 72.51 km² Local time Friday 8:41 AM Dialling code 033671 | State Brandenburg Elevation 50 m (160 ft) Postal codes 15868 Population 1,514 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 15868 Municipal assoc. Lieberose/Oberspreewald | |
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Lieberose is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.
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Map of 15868 Lieberose, Germany
History
During World War II, 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" 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
Detailed data sources are to be found in the Wikimedia Commons.
References
Lieberose Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA