Werl Prison

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correctional facility prison

Werl Prison is a correctional facility in Werl, Germany, historically used by the Allies after World War II to incarcerate high-ranking Nazi war criminals.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Justizvollzugsanstalt Werl	2
Spandau Prison	2
Werl Prison canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	correctional facility ⓘ prison ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Werl Prison ⓘ surface form: Justizvollzugsanstalt Werl
hasBuildingUse	penal institution ⓘ
hasFunction	pre-trial detention ⓘ rehabilitation of offenders ⓘ sentence execution ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriodOfSpecialUse	immediate post-war years ⓘ
hasInmateType	adult male prisoners ⓘ long-term prisoners ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ surface form: state of North Rhine-Westphalia
hasLanguageOfAdministration	German ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	German penal law ⓘ
hasNotableCategoryOfPrisoners	Nazi war criminals ⓘ military war criminals ⓘ
hasNotableHistoricalAspect	use by occupying Allied forces for Nazi war criminals ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose	deprivation of liberty as criminal sanction ⓘ
hasSecondaryPurpose	social reintegration of offenders ⓘ
hasSecurityFeature	controlled access gates ⓘ guard towers ⓘ perimeter walls ⓘ
hasTypeOfManagement	state-run prison ⓘ
historicalRole	Allied war crimes prison after World War II ⓘ detention site for convicted Nazi war criminals ⓘ
locatedIn	Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany Werl ⓘ former British occupation zone in Germany ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Arnsberg region ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
locatedInTime	post-World War II period ⓘ
locatedNear	Dortmund ⓘ Soest ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Europe ⓘ
operatedBy	Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
partOf	German prison system ⓘ penal system of North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
securityClassification	high-security prison ⓘ
subjectOf	documentation on post-war denazification ⓘ historical studies on Allied war crimes prisons ⓘ
usedAfter	World War II ⓘ
usedBy	Allies of World War II ⓘ surface form: Allied powers American occupation authorities ⓘ British occupation authorities ⓘ French occupation authorities ⓘ
usedFor	detention of high-ranking Nazi officials ⓘ execution holding prior to transfer or sentence completion ⓘ incarceration of war criminals ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albert Kesselring → placeOfDetention → Werl Prison ⓘ

Rudolf Hess → imprisonedIn → Werl Prison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spandau Prison

Werl Prison → hasAlternativeName → Werl Prison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justizvollzugsanstalt Werl

Albert Speer → imprisonedAt → Werl Prison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spandau Prison

Werl → hasFacility → Werl Prison ⓘ

this entity surface form: Justizvollzugsanstalt Werl