Treuenbrietzen

Treuenbrietzen is a town in the Bundesland of Brandenburg, Germany. The town has existed since the Middle Ages and the first written evidence about it is from 1217. During the Reformation, Martin Luther came in 1537 to preach in the town, but his way to the church was blocked. He preached instead under a basswood, which is called to this day Lutherlinde. During the Industrial Revolution, several textile factories have been founded in the town. After the opening of the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1936, a sub-camp was opened in the town, where slave labourers were forced to work in a weapons plant. With the approach of the Red Army, on April 23, 1945, the Wehrmacht executed 127 Italian POWs, who were interned in the camp[1]. Between April 24 and May 1, 1945, much fighting occurred around the town, between the Wehrmacht and the Soviet 5th Guards Mechanised Corps.
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