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Where was Carl von Ossietzky detained after the 1933 Reichstag fire?

  • Esterwegen concentration camp

  • Auschwitz

  • Dachau

  • Bergen-Belsen

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Carl von Ossietzky, a renowned pacifist and journalist, was incarcerated at the Esterwegen concentration camp following the Reichstag fire in 1933. This notorious incident was exploited by the Nazi regime to consolidate power and suppress dissent. Ossietzky's unwavering criticism of militarism and the emerging Nazi ideology made him a prime target of the regime's persecution.
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