Plötzensee Prison

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Plötzensee Prison was a notorious Nazi-era execution site in Berlin where many political prisoners and resistance members were imprisoned and killed during the Third Reich.

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Berlin-Plötzensee Prison 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi prison
execution site
prison
commemorates German resistance NERFINISHED
foreign resistance fighters
victims of Nazi justice
country Germany NERFINISHED
currentUse correctional facility
memorial site
executionMethods beheading
guillotine
hanging
hasMemorial Plötzensee Memorial NERFINISHED
hasPart cell blocks
execution chamber
gallows room
guillotine room
heritageStatus site of memory for victims of National Socialism
historicalEvent mass executions after the 20 July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler
historicalSignificance major Nazi-era execution site in Berlin
symbol of Nazi political repression
inUseAsExecutionSiteFrom 1933
inUseAsExecutionSiteUntil 1945
inUseAsPrisonFrom late 19th century
locatedIn Berlin NERFINISHED
Berlin, Germany NERFINISHED
Berlin-Charlottenburg NERFINISHED
Charlottenburg-Nord NERFINISHED
Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
Third Reich NERFINISHED
locatedNear Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal NERFINISHED
Plötzensee Lake NERFINISHED
namedAfter Plötzensee NERFINISHED
notableVictim Czechoslovak resistance members
Dietrich Bonhoeffer NERFINISHED
Erwin Planck NERFINISHED
French resistance members
Hans von Dohnanyi NERFINISHED
Helmuth James von Moltke NERFINISHED
Julius Leber NERFINISHED
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg NERFINISHED
Polish resistance members
Ulrich von Hassell NERFINISHED
members of the 20 July 1944 plot
members of the Red Orchestra
numberOfPeopleExecuted about 3000
more than 2500
operatedBy Nazi judicial system
Prussian authorities NERFINISHED
Reich Ministry of Justice NERFINISHED
partOf Berlin prison system
startDate 1868
timePeriod Nazi era
Third Reich NERFINISHED
usedFor detention of political prisoners
detention of resistance members
execution of conscientious objectors
execution of death sentences
execution of foreign resistance fighters
execution of members of the 20 July plot
execution of members of the German resistance
execution of members of the Red Orchestra resistance group
execution of members of the White Rose resistance group
execution of political opponents

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Johannes Popitz placeOfDeath Plötzensee Prison
this entity surface form: Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
Arthur Nebe placeOfDetention Plötzensee Prison