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.
Aliases (1)
- Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Nr. 1 ×1
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Allied military prison
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post–World War II detention facility → |
| after |
World War II
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| alsoKnownAs |
Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Nr. 1
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| country |
Germany
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| hasExecutionMethod |
firing squad
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hanging → |
| hasFunction |
implementation of Allied war crimes sentences
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secure confinement of high‑profile Nazi offenders → |
| hasInmateStatus |
inmates awaiting execution
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inmates serving fixed-term sentences → inmates serving life sentences → |
| hasPrisonerCategory |
Nazi war criminals convicted at the Nuremberg Trials
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Nazi war criminals convicted by Allied military tribunals → Nazi war criminals convicted by U.S. military courts at Dachau → |
| historicalContext |
Allied occupation of Germany
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| locatedIn |
Bavaria
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Germany → Landsberg Prison → Landsberg am Lech → |
| notablePrisoner |
Albert Speer
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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
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United States Army → |
| partOf |
Allied system of war crimes incarceration facilities in Germany
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American occupation zone in Germany → |
| relatedToEvent |
Dachau war crimes trials
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Nuremberg Military Tribunals → |
| securityLevel |
high security
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| successorFacility |
regular German penal institutions after Allied control ended
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| timePeriod |
early 1950s
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late 1940s → |
| usedFor |
detention of convicted Nazi war criminals
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execution of convicted Nazi war criminals → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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War Criminals Prison No. 1
("Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Nr. 1")
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alsoKnownAs |
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Landsberg Prison
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usedAs |