Stadelheim Prison
prison
Stadelheim Prison is a prison in Munich's Giesing district. It is one of the largest prisons in Germany.
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The prison was founded in 1894. It was the site of many executions, particularly by fallbeil (guillotine) during the Nazi period.
Notable inmates change
- Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley
- Adolf Hitler was imprisoned in Stadelheim from June 24th to July 27th, 1922.
- Ernst Röhm
- Sophie Scholl was executed here along with her brother Hans
Statistics about the prison change
- Size: 14 hectares
- Capacity of prison: about 1,500 prisoners (possible maximum 2,100)
- Highest number of prisoners: 1,969 prisoners on 9 November 1993
- Executions between 1895 and 1927: 14
- Executions between 1933 and 1945: at least 1,035 (including Ernst Röhm and the members of the White Rose i.e. Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl and Christoph Probst)
Other websites change
- Stadelheim (German) Archived 2007-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Stadelheim (English; Prison Service in Bavaria) Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
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