Hoheneck women's prison
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| Location | Stollberg, Saxony, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 50°42′17″N 12°47′3″E / 50.70472°N 12.78417°ECoordinates: 50°42′17″N 12°47′3″E / 50.70472°N 12.78417°E |
| 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]
See also[]
- Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
- Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse
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
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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