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Historical fire hydrant at the Husum-Schwesing Concentration Camp Memorial

Historical fire hydrant at the Husum-Schwesing Concentration Camp Memorial

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Historical fire hydrant at the Husum-Schwesing Concentration Camp Memorial

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Location: Schwesing, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Schobüller Heath – Husum marketplace loop from Husum

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2. Schobüller Heath – Husum Harbor Promenade loop from Halebüll

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3. Landgasthof Immenstedt-Kiel loop from Viöl

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June 3, 2024

With completely inadequate supplies and accommodation, the Schwesingen prisoners had to carry out the hardest work in the cold and wet. The subcamp was led by Hans Hermann Griem, an SS lieutenant known for his cruelty, who also commanded the camp in Ladelund. The SS dissolved the camp in Schwesing in December 1944.

Due to the inhumane conditions and as a result of mistreatment, more than 300 concentration camp prisoners died here. These dead were buried in mass graves in the Husum Ostfriedhof. For decades, the grave complex inaugurated there in 1957 was the only memorial commemorating the victims of the concentration camp subcamp.

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June 3, 2024

Husum-Schwesing Concentration Camp Memorial

From September to December 1944, a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp was located in Schwesing near Husum. The SS deported around 2,600 men from numerous European countries to this camp. They had to do forced labor on the construction sites of the so-called Friesenwall, a defense system that, from today's perspective, is pointless. The SS transferred some of the prisoners to Ladelund on the Danish border at the beginning of November 1944. Another subcamp of the concentration camp was built there to build anti-tank ditches.

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July 26, 2019

Very well maintained facility, also accessible by car. Parking on site.

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Elevation 20 m

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Location: Schwesing, North Frisia, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Historical fire hydrant at the Husum-Schwesing Concentration Camp Memorial

1. Schobüller Heath – Husum marketplace loop from Husum

2. Schobüller Heath – Husum Harbor Promenade loop from Halebüll

3. Landgasthof Immenstedt-Kiel loop from Viöl

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