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Lieberose

Lieberose
Coat of arms of Lieberose
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Lieberose   is located in Germany
Lieberose
Lieberose
Coordinates: 51°58′59″N 14°18′00″E / 51.98306°N 14.30000°E / 51.98306; 14.30000Coordinates: 51°58′59″N 14°18′00″E / 51.98306°N 14.30000°E / 51.98306; 14.30000
Country Germany
State Brandenburg
District Dahme-Spreewald
Municipal assoc. Lieberose/Oberspreewald
Government
 • Mayor Manfred Lischeski
Area
 • Total 72.51 km2 (28.00 sq mi)
Elevation 50 m (160 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 1,379
 • Density 19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 15868
Dialling codes 033671
Vehicle registration LDS
Website www.amt-lieberose-oberspreewald.de

Lieberose is a town in the Dahme-Spreewald district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated 25 km north of Cottbus.

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).



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