Lieberose forced labor camp explained

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.

Notes and References

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