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Background

NKVD special camp Nr. 7 was a NKVD special camp that operated in Weesow until August 1945 and in Sachsenhausen from August 1945 until the spring of 1950. It was used by the Soviet occupying forces to detain those viewed as enemies of the people by the Soviet regime. In August 1945, the Special Camp Nr. 7 was moved to Sachsenhausen, the area of the former Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

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Notable inmates

  • Heinrich George
    Heinrich George
    1893–1946 · stage actor

    Georg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 – 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ɡeˈ(ʔ)ɔʁɡə] ), was a German stage and film actor.

  • Otto Nerz
    1892–1949 · association football player

    Otto Nerz (21 October 1892 – 18 April 1949) was a German football player and manager and the first head coach of the Germany national team between 1923 and 1936.

  • Wilhelm Kaufmann
    1892–1946 · painter
  • Max Emendörfer
    1911–1974 · journalist
  • Eduard Stadtler
    1886–1945 · politician

    Eduard Stadtler (17 February 1886 in Hagenau – 5 October 1945 in NKVD special camp Nr.

  • Erika Riemann
    1930–2021 · writer
  • Otto Nerz
    1892–1949 · association football player

    Otto Nerz (21 October 1892 – 18 April 1949) was a German football player and manager and the first head coach of the Germany national team between 1923 and 1936.

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World Prisons. (2026). NKVD special camp Nr. 7. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nkvd-special-camp-nr-7
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@misc{worldprisons-nkvd-special-camp-nr-7,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {NKVD special camp Nr. 7},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nkvd-special-camp-nr-7},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}