Nuremberg Prison

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Nuremberg Prison was a detention facility in Nuremberg, Germany, most historically known for holding high-ranking Nazi officials awaiting trial before the International Military Tribunal after World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf detention facility
prison
adjacentTo Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
surface form: Nuremberg Palace of Justice
associatedWith Allied Control Council
Nuremberg trials
surface form: International Military Tribunal

Nazi war crimes
surface form: Nazi war crimes trials
controlledBy United States military authorities
country Germany
guardedBy U.S. military police
hasSecurityFeature constant surveillance of inmates
high-security cells
segregated cell blocks
historicalRole central detention site for Nuremberg trial defendants
languageOfSignage English
German
locatedIn Allied occupation of Germany
surface form: Allied-occupied Germany

American Zone of Occupied Germany
surface form: American occupation zone in Germany

Bavaria
Nuremberg
notableEvent suicide of Hermann Göring in custody
notableInmate Albert Speer NERFINISHED
Alfred Jodl NERFINISHED
Alfred Rosenberg
Arthur Seyss-Inquart NERFINISHED
Baldur von Schirach NERFINISHED
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Franz von Papen NERFINISHED
Fritz Sauckel NERFINISHED
Hans Frank
Hans Fritzsche NERFINISHED
Hermann Göring
Hjalmar Schacht NERFINISHED
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Julius Streicher
Karl Dönitz
Konstantin von Neurath NERFINISHED
Rudolf Hess
Walther Funk
Wilhelm Frick
Wilhelm Keitel NERFINISHED
operator United States Army
partOf Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
surface form: Nuremberg Justice Complex
significantEvent Nuremberg trials
timePeriod World War II aftermath
usedFor detention of high-ranking Nazi officials
holding defendants of the International Military Tribunal
post-conviction detention
pre-trial detention

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alfred Jodl detainedAt Nuremberg Prison
Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger detainedAt Nuremberg Prison
Kritzinger detainedAt Nuremberg Prison
subject surface form: Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
Herbert Backe placeOfDetention Nuremberg Prison