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Former Benedictine monastery and Breitenau concentration camp (Гуксхаген)

Germany / Hessen / Guxhagen / Гуксхаген
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Breitenau was a Nazi education and labor camp established in June 1933 in Germany. It was located in Guxhagen, ca. 15 km south of Kassel and was built around the Breitenau monastery.
In 1933, an early concentration camp for political prisoners was added to the Breitenau correctional facility. The Nazis later decided to close down the Breitenau facility in 1934. In 1940, Breitenau was reopened, but this time as a concentration camp, with an estimated population of 8,500 prisoners, including some of those who were originally placed in the camp during the early 1930's. The camp was liberated in 1945.
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Coordinates:   51°12'8"N   9°28'34"E
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