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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°E / 50.70472; 12.78417 |
| 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.
The short film Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck examines forced labour in Hoheneck Prison.
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
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.
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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