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The prison was founded by resolution of the Prussian government under King William I and built until 1879 on the estates of the Plötzensee manor, named after nearby Plötzensee Lake (Plötze is the local German name of the common roach, cf. Płoć in Polish).
Sentenced to death by the People's Court (Germany) in July 1942 17 August 1943 in Plötzensee Prison. [36] Herbert Bittcher (1908–1944) Foreman SPD. Later became a communist and joined the KPD Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen Group: Arrested by Gestapo On 1 January 1944 sentenced to death for the "preparation for high treason".
Plötzensee (German: [ˈplœtsənzeː] ⓘ) is a small glacial lake in Berlin.It is situated in the former borough of Wedding, now a part of Mitte, adjacent to the public park Volkspark Rehberge.
Historical treasures hidden for decades have been uncovered in the crypts of a cathedral, with items including burial crowns and insignia belonging to Medieval European rulers.
The new HBO Max series Love & Death stars Elizabeth Olsen as Candace "Candy" Montgomery, a housewife in 1970s Wylie, Texas whose life is upended when she is accused of murdering her friend from ...
A Texas man set to be executed in the killing of a beloved pastor is making a last plea for mercy before he's taken to the death chamber on Wednesday, saying in a last interview that he's innocent ...
An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which capital punishment is carried out. Execution chambers are almost always inside the walls of a maximum-security prison, although not always at the same prison where the death row population is housed. Inside the chamber is the device used to carry out the death sentence.
Robert Bernardis (7 August 1908 – 8 August 1944) was a German army officer and Austrian resistance fighter involved in the attempt to kill Nazi Germany's dictator Adolf Hitler in the 20 July Plot in 1944.