Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany

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Plötzensee Prison in Berlin was a notorious Nazi-era detention and execution facility used primarily for political prisoners and members of the German resistance.

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instanceOf execution site
prison
country Nazi Germany
currentUse correctional facility
youth detention facility
executionMethods beheading by guillotine
hanging
hasMemorial Plötzensee Memorial NERFINISHED
heritageStatus memorial site of German resistance
site of remembrance
inUseAsExecutionSiteFrom 1933
inUseAsExecutionSiteUntil 1945
locatedIn Berlin NERFINISHED
Berlin, Germany NERFINISHED
Berlin-Charlottenburg NERFINISHED
Charlottenburg-Nord NERFINISHED
locatedNear Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal NERFINISHED
Plötzensee lake NERFINISHED
memorialEstablished 1952
memorialPurpose commemoration of victims of Nazi justice
namedAfter Plötzensee NERFINISHED
notableEvent Plötzensee executions of 1943 NERFINISHED
mass executions after the 20 July 1944 plot
notablePrisonerExecuted Adam von Trott zu Solz NERFINISHED
Alfred Delp NERFINISHED
Czesław Jóźwiak NERFINISHED
Dietrich Bonhoeffer NERFINISHED
Erwin Planck NERFINISHED
Hans von Dohnanyi NERFINISHED
Helmuth James von Moltke NERFINISHED
Julius Leber NERFINISHED
Ludwik Wrodarczyk NERFINISHED
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg NERFINISHED
Ulrich von Hassell NERFINISHED
members of the Red Orchestra resistance group
members of the White Rose resistance group
numberOfPeopleExecuted about 3000
more than 2800
operatedBy Nazi judicial authorities
Prussian Ministry of Justice NERFINISHED
ownedBy State of Berlin NERFINISHED
partOf Nazi judicial system
Nazi system of political repression
startDate 1868
usedFor detention of political prisoners
detention of resistance members
execution of German resistance members
execution of conscientious objectors
execution of death sentences
execution of foreign forced laborers
execution of people convicted by Nazi People’s Court
execution of prisoners of war

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Arthur Nebe deathPlace Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany