Landsberg Prison

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Landsberg Prison is a Bavarian detention facility best known as the place where Adolf Hitler was incarcerated in 1924 and wrote much of "Mein Kampf."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf detention facility
prison
administrativeDistrict Landsberg am Lech district
alsoKnownAs Justizvollzugsanstalt Landsberg am Lech
architecturalStyle fortress-like prison architecture
continent Europe
controlledBy Allied occupation authorities after World War II
coordinates approximately 48.05°N 10.87°E
country Germany
currentUse state prison for long-term sentences
event executions of convicted Nazi war criminals after WWII
imprisonment of Adolf Hitler after Beer Hall Putsch
writing of large parts of Mein Kampf
governingLaw Bavarian prison regulations
hasCapacity approximately 600–700 inmates
hasFacility cell blocks
chapel
exercise yards
workshops
hasHeritage historically associated with National Socialism
housedPrisoner Adolf Hitler
Ernst Röhm
Rudolf Hess
other Nazi war criminals
inception 1908
locatedIn Bavaria
Landsberg am Lech
Upper Bavaria
locatedOn Lech River
near historic town center of Landsberg am Lech
notableFor imprisonment of Adolf Hitler in 1924
post–World War II War Criminals Prison
site where much of Mein Kampf was written
opened 1908
operatedBy Bavarian Ministry of Justice
partOf Bavarian prison system
postWarRole detention and execution site for Nazi war criminals
primaryFunction adult male prison
regionServed Bavaria
securityClassification high security
state Free State of Bavaria
subjectOf historical research on Hitler’s imprisonment
studies of Nazi war crimes trials and executions
usedAs War Criminals Prison No. 1
usedBy Nazi regime
United States Army


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