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Husum-Schwesing concentration camp

Schwesing, Germany · built 1944

The Husum-Schwesing subcamp (KZ-Außenlager Husum-Schwesing) in the Schwesing district of Engelsburg, about five kilometres northeast of Husum, became a satellite of Neuengamme concentration camp on 26 September 1944 and was occupied by prisoners in connection with the construction of the so-called Frisian Wall (Friesenwall). Some 2,500 people from 14 countries were incarcerated here in autumn 1944; 297 prisoners died as a result of forced labour, malnutrition and abuse. The camp was closed on 29 December 1944.

Prison data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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