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unusual facts about KZ Esterwegen



Arthur Dietzsch

After Hitler came to power, Dietzsch, still serving his 14 years sentence, was labelled a communist and transferred to KZ Sonnenburg in March 1933, from there to KZ Esterwegen in 1934 and later to KZ Lichtenburg.

Gustav Sorge

Gustav Hermann Sorge (April 24, 1911, Rydzyna, Silesia – 1978, Rheinbach, prison), nicknamed "Der eiserne Gustav" (The Iron Gustav) for his brutality, was an SS-Hauptscharführer and a guard at Esterwegen concentration camp in the Emsland region of Germany prior to being assigned to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.


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