Poland · Kraków
Montelupich Prison
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Background
The Montelupich Prison, named for the street on which it is 7 Montelupich Street, the soâcalled ''Kamienica Montelupich,'' built in the 16th century and converted in the 19th century into part of an military tribunal. It is a historic prison in Kraków, Poland. It was used by the Gestapo during World War II and has been called "one of the most terrible Nazi prisons in [occupied] Poland". The Gestapo took over the facility from the German Sicherheitspolizei at the end of March 1941. One of the Nazi officials responsible for overseeing the Montelupich Prison was Ludwig Hahn.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1905
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
SÅużba WiÄziennaPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1905
Region
Kraków
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
- MieczysÅaw PorÄbski1921–2012 · art historian
- Zofia Gargasz1900–2000
Walerian Tumanowicz1884–1947 · military officer
Antoni Åyko1907–1941 · association football playerAntoni Andrzej Åyko (27 May 1907 â 3 June 1941) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. When playing for WisÅa Kraków, he was a member of the Poland national football team for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
- Josef Kollmer1901–1948 · concentration camp guard
Josef Kollmer (26 February 1901 â 24 January 1948) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era who committed mass murder at Auschwitz.
- Ferdynand Machay1914–1940 · Catholic priest
- Bohdan Kwiatkowski1904–1971 · chemical engineer
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StanisÅaw Szuro1920–2020 · military officer
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Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q325685)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Montelupich Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/montelupich-prison
"Montelupich Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/montelupich-prison.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Montelupich Prison},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/montelupich-prison},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
}