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."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Landsberg Prison canonical | 21 |
| Justizvollzugsanstalt Landsberg am Lech | 1 |
| Landsberg Prison, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T40777 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Landsberg Prison Context triple: [Adolf Hitler, imprisonmentLocation, Landsberg Prison]
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A.
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg is the historic courthouse complex where the post–World War II Nuremberg Trials of major Nazi war criminals were held.
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B.
Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus is the surname of William D. Ruckelshaus, a prominent American lawyer and public official best known as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a key figure in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
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C.
Rikers Island
Rikers Island is a large New York City jail complex located in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, known for housing thousands of detainees and for its troubled history of violence and poor conditions.
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D.
AuschwitzBirkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest and most infamous Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, where over a million Jews and other victims were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
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E.
Gestapo
The Gestapo was Nazi Germany’s secret state police force, notorious for its brutal repression, surveillance, and central role in enforcing and carrying out the regime’s genocidal policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Landsberg Prison Target entity description: 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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A.
Palace of Justice, Nuremberg
The Palace of Justice in Nuremberg is the historic courthouse complex where the post–World War II Nuremberg Trials of major Nazi war criminals were held.
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B.
Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus is the surname of William D. Ruckelshaus, a prominent American lawyer and public official best known as the first head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a key figure in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre."
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C.
Rikers Island
Rikers Island is a large New York City jail complex located in the East River between Queens and the Bronx, known for housing thousands of detainees and for its troubled history of violence and poor conditions.
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D.
AuschwitzBirkenau
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest and most infamous Nazi German concentration and extermination camp, where over a million Jews and other victims were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
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E.
Gestapo
The Gestapo was Nazi Germany’s secret state police force, notorious for its brutal repression, surveillance, and central role in enforcing and carrying out the regime’s genocidal policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detention facility
ⓘ
prison ⓘ |
| administrativeDistrict | Landsberg am Lech district ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Landsberg Prison
ⓘ
surface form:
Justizvollzugsanstalt Landsberg am Lech
|
| architecturalStyle | fortress-like prison architecture ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Allied occupation of Germany
ⓘ
surface form:
Allied occupation authorities after World War II
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| 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
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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 ⓘ Bavaria ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Bavaria
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| locatedOn | Lech River ⓘ |
| near | historic town center of Landsberg am Lech ⓘ |
| notableFor |
imprisonment of Adolf Hitler in 1924
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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 |
Bavaria
ⓘ
surface form:
Free State of Bavaria
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| subjectOf |
historical research on Hitler’s imprisonment
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studies of Nazi war crimes trials and executions ⓘ |
| usedAs | War Criminals Prison No. 1 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Nazi Germany
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surface form:
Nazi regime
United States Army ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Landsberg Prison Description of subject: 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."
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Justizvollzugsanstalt Landsberg am Lech
subject surface form:
Georg von Küchler
this entity surface form:
Landsberg Prison, Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany