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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi prison
execution site
prison
commemorates German resistance
foreign resistance fighters
victims of Nazi justice
country Germany
currentUse correctional facility
memorial site
executionMethods beheading
guillotine
hanging
hasMemorial Plötzensee Memorial
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
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
Berlin, Germany
linked to: Berlin

Berlin-Charlottenburg
linked to: Charlottenburg

Charlottenburg-Nord
Nazi Germany
Third Reich
locatedNear Berlin-Spandau Ship Canal
Plötzensee Lake
linked to: Plötzensee lake
namedAfter Plötzensee
notableVictim Czechoslovak resistance members
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Erwin Planck
French resistance members
Hans von Dohnanyi
Helmuth James von Moltke
Julius Leber
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
Polish resistance members
Ulrich von Hassell
members of the 20 July 1944 plot
members of the Red Orchestra
numberOfPeopleExecuted about 3000
more than 2500
operatedBy Nazi judicial system
Prussian authorities
Reich Ministry of Justice
partOf Berlin prison system
startDate 1868
timePeriod Nazi era
Third Reich
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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Arthur Nebe placeOfDetention Plötzensee Prison
Johannes Popitz placeOfDeath Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Julius Leber placeOfDeath Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Erwin von Witzleben placeOfDeath Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Erwin von Witzleben placeOfDetention Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Plötzensee Prison hasMemorial Plötzensee Memorial
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Plötzensee Prison hasMemorial Plötzensee Memorial
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Erwin Planck placeOfDeath Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Erwin Planck placeOfDetention Plötzensee Prison
Ulrich von Hassell placeOfDeath Plötzensee Prison
Helmuth James von Moltke deathPlace Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Helmuth James von Moltke placeOfDetention Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Carl Goerdeler placeOfDeath Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg deathPlace Berlin-Plötzensee Prison
linked to: Plötzensee Prison
Kreisau Circle membersExecutedAt Plötzensee Prison
subject linked to: historical Kreisau Circle
Kreisau Circle membersExecutedAt Plötzensee Prison