Lichtenburg was a Nazi concentration camp, housed in a Renaissance castle in Prettin, near Wittenberg in the Province of Saxony.

[3] Details about the operation of Lichtenburg, held by the International Tracing Service, only became available to researchers in late 2006.

[1] An account of the way the camp was run may be read in Lina Haag's book A Handful of Dust or How Long the Night.

Lichtenburg was among the first concentration camps in Nazi Germany operating under the SS from 13 June 1933; it became a kind of model for numerous subsequent establishments.

[6] The castle today houses a regional museum and exhibit about Lichtenburg's use during the Nazi period.