Spandau Prison - Berlin, Germany where Rudolph Hess was held prisoner
The prison was built in 1876 on Wilhelmstraße (Spandau). It initially served as a military detention center. From 1919 it was also used for civilian inmates. It held up to 600 inmates at that time. In the aftermath of the Reichstag Fire of 1933, opponents of Hitler and journalists such as Egon Kisch and Carl von Ossietzky were held there in so-called protective custody. Spandau After World War II it was operated by the Four-Power Authorities to house the Nazi war criminals sentenced to imprisonment at the Nuremberg Trials. The last occupant was Rudolph Hess.
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Location: Spandau, Berlin, Germany
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Keywords: 1970s, 1979, 70s, berlin, cityscape, german, germany, guard, hess, prison, rudolph, spandau
