Esterwegen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography Esterwegen lies in northwest Germany, less than from the Dutch border and about from the sea.
Demographics In 2015 the population was 5,280.
Government The mayor is Heinz Thomes.
Concentration camp
In 1933 a concentration camp was established in Esterwegen.Official german list In 1936 the camp was dissolved and used until 1945 as a prisoner camp, for political prisoners and later for prisoners of the decree Nacht und Nebel.
Notable inmates
Julius Leber, politician Carl von Ossietzky, journalist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Georg Diederichs, later Minister-President of Lower Saxony Karl Germer, Outer Head of the Order (OHO) of Ordo Templi Orientis
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External links
memorial of Camp Esterwegen and the other 14 Emsland camps (in German, English, Dutch, French) :de:KZ Esterwegen homepage of the Esterwegen Memorial (in German, English, Dutch, French, Russian) United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Concentration Camps, 1933-1939