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Spandau Prison was a former military prison in West Berlin that held seven Nazi leaders after the Nuremberg trials. It was demolished in 1987 after the death of its last prisoner, Rudolf Hess, and replaced by a shopping centre.
Spandau prison, history and modernity. More than 30 years have passed since the Spandau Prison in West Berlin ceased operations in 1987. A direct participant in those distant events, the former Soviet warder of Spandau prison shares his memories.
Learn about the history and operation of Spandau Prison, where seven Nazi war criminals were held after World War II. Read the personal accounts of U.S. diplomats who worked with the Kommandatura, the four-power governing body of Berlin.
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Rudolf Hess, Walther Funk, and Erich Raeder faced life sentences. Albert Speer and Baldur von Schirach faced a 20 year sentence while Konstantin von Neurath had to serve 15 and Karl Dönitz 10 years in the prison. Dönitz, Speer, and Schirach served their full sentences. Neurath, Raeder and Funk were released earlier due to their ill health. From 196...
This picture was taken the morning after Hess died. The barriers were put up to keep sympathisers away.
After 1946 the Spandau Prison, on the Wilhelmstrasse, housed Nazi war criminals sentenced by the Allies. The prison was demolished following the death of the last inmate, Rudolf Hess, in 1987. Spandau is the chief industrial area of Berlin, with the electrotechnical firm of Siemens in the Siemensstadt…. Read More.
Apr 2, 2016 · Spandau Prison was a British-run facility in Berlin that housed seven high-ranking German officials after the Nuremberg Trials. Learn about the prisoners, their crimes, their conditions, and their fates in this article.
Spandau Prison was a prison in the borough of Spandau in the British Sector of West Berlin. The prison was built in 1876 and knocked down in 1987 after the death of its last prisoner, Rudolf Hess. This was to stop it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine.
