Hoheneck Fortress
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Interactive map of Hoheneck | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Status | Closed |
| Security class | Maximum |
| Opened | 1862 |
| Closed | 2001 |
| Managed by | City of Stollberg |
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]
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]
- Gabriele Stötzer: Experimental artist imprisoned for gathering signatures in protest of the expatriation of Wolf Biermann[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Das Frauengefängnis Hoheneck on Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung. Retrieved 1 August 2019
- ↑ Lahl, Alexander; Schlect, Volker (27 January 2017) Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck in New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2019
- ↑ "Die "Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie": Jutta Fleck kämpft noch heute für die Freiheit" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-01.
- ↑ Blaylock, Sara (March 1, 2022). Parallel Public: Experimental Art in Late East Germany. Cambridge, MA / London: The MIT Press. p. 10.
Further reading
- Rodewill, Rengha (2014) Hoheneck – Das DDR-Frauenzuchthaus: Dokumentarische Erkundung in Fotos mit Zeitzeugenberichten und einem Vorwort von Katrin Göring-Eckardt. Berlin: Vergangenheitsverlag ISBN 978-3-86408-162-0
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