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Hoheneck Fortress

Hoheneck Fortress

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Hoheneck Women's Prison (German: Frauengefängnis Hoheneck) was a women's correctional facility in operation between 1862 and 2001 in Stollberg, Germany. It became most notable as a detention facility for female political prisoners in East Germany. The prison was designed to hold up to 600 inmates, however, as many as 1,600 were detained there.[1]

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The short film Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck examines forced labour in Hoheneck Prison.[2]

Notable inmates

Erika Bergmann: Nazi war criminal and Ravensbrück concentration camp guard

Ulla Jürß: Nazi war criminal and Ravensbrück concentration camp guard

Erna Petri: Nazi war criminal

Jutta Fleck: Attempted escapee from the German Democratic Republic[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Das Frauengefängnis Hoheneck on Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 1 August 2019
  2. [2]
    Lahl, Alexander; Schlect, Volker (27 January 2017) Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck in New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2019
  3. [3]
    "Die "Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie": Jutta Fleck kämpft noch heute für die Freiheit" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-01.

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