Germany · Welzheim
Gestapo prison Welzheim
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1934
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1934
Region
Welzheim
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
Oskar Dirlewanger1895–1945 · military officerOskar Paul Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 â c.â7 June 1945) was a German military officer, convicted child molester, and war criminal.
Hermann Schlotterbeck1919–1945 · resistance fighter- Johannes Schwarz1888–1940
Kurt Gerstein1905–1945 · military personnel
Max Reeb1892–1940 · church painter
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Klinik fur Forensische Psychiatrie
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q882786)
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Gestapo prison Welzheim. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gestapo-prison-welzheim
"Gestapo prison Welzheim." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gestapo-prison-welzheim.
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