War Criminals Prison No. 1

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War Criminals Prison No. 1 was the post–World War II Allied detention facility at Landsberg Prison in Germany where numerous convicted Nazi war criminals were incarcerated and executed.

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  • Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Nr. 1 ×1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied military prison
post–World War II detention facility
after World War II
alsoKnownAs Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Nr. 1
country Germany
hasExecutionMethod firing squad
hanging
hasFunction implementation of Allied war crimes sentences
secure confinement of high‑profile Nazi offenders
hasInmateStatus inmates awaiting execution
inmates serving fixed-term sentences
inmates serving life sentences
hasPrisonerCategory Nazi war criminals convicted at the Nuremberg Trials
Nazi war criminals convicted by Allied military tribunals
Nazi war criminals convicted by U.S. military courts at Dachau
historicalContext Allied occupation of Germany
locatedIn Bavaria
Germany
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg am Lech
notablePrisoner Albert Speer
Baldur von Schirach
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Hjalmar Schacht
Ilse Koch
Joachim Peiper
Karl Brandt
Karl Dönitz
Karl Gebhardt
Oswald Pohl
Otto Ohlendorf
Walther Funk
Wolfram Sievers
operatedBy Allied occupation authorities
United States Army
partOf Allied system of war crimes incarceration facilities in Germany
American occupation zone in Germany
relatedToEvent Dachau war crimes trials
Nuremberg Military Tribunals
securityLevel high security
successorFacility regular German penal institutions after Allied control ended
timePeriod early 1950s
late 1940s
usedFor detention of convicted Nazi war criminals
execution of convicted Nazi war criminals

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
War Criminals Prison No. 1 ("Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Nr. 1")
alsoKnownAs
Landsberg Prison
usedAs

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