Lichtenburg (concentration camp)
- Lichtenburg (concentration camp)
Lichtenburg was a Nazi concentration camp, housed in a Renaissance castle in Prettin, near Wittenberg in eastern Germany. Along with Sachsenburg, it was among the first to be built by the Nazis, and was operated by the SS from 1933 to 1939. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_on_re_eu/holocaust_papers_pyramid_of_persecution] It held as many as 2000 male prisoners from 1933 to 1937 and from 1937 to 1939 held female prisoners. [http://www.asf-ev.de/en/work_camps/current_program/sola2006/lichtenburgprettin_germany/] It was closed in May 1939, when the Ravensbrück concentration camp for women was opened.
Ann account of the way the camp was run may be read in Lina Haag's book "A Handful of Dust" or "How Long the Night". Haag was perhaps the best known survivor of Lichtenburg, having obtained release before it was shut down.
Details about the operation of Lichtenburg, held by the International Tracing Service, only became available to researchers in late 2006. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061223/ap_on_re_eu/holocaust_papers_pyramid_of_persecution]
The castle today houses a regional museum and exhibit about Lichtenburg's use during the Nazi period. [http://www.asf-ev.de/en/work_camps/current_program/sola2006/lichtenburgprettin_germany/]
External links
* [http://www.asf-ev.de/en/work_camps/current_program/sola2006/lichtenburgprettin_germany/ Lichtenburg page]
* [http://www.lichtenburg.org/ Lichtenburg page]
* [http://www.edwardvictor.com/Holocaust/2005/Lichtenburg.htm Lichtenburg page]
ee also
*Sachsenburg (concentration camp)
*Ravensbrück concentration camp
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