Esterwegen
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Esterwegen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
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. 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. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Concentration Camps, 1933-1939
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