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NKVD special camp Nr. 7
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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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Facility profile
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Notable inmates
Heinrich George1893–1946 · stage actorGeorg August Friedrich Hermann Schulz (9 October 1893 â 25 September 1946), better known as Heinrich George (German: [ËhaɪnÊɪç É¡eË(Ê)ÉÊÉ¡É] ), was a German stage and film actor.
- Otto Nerz1892–1949 · association football player
Otto Nerz (21 October 1892 â 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 Kaufmann1892–1946 · painter
- Max Emendörfer1911–1974 · journalist
- Eduard Stadtler1886–1945 · politician
Eduard Stadtler (17 February 1886 in Hagenau â 5 October 1945 in NKVD special camp Nr.
- Erika Riemann1930–2021 · writer
- Otto Nerz1892–1949 · association football player
Otto Nerz (21 October 1892 â 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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Data completeness
16%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 (Q323992)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). NKVD special camp Nr. 7. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nkvd-special-camp-nr-7
Chicago
"NKVD special camp Nr. 7." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nkvd-special-camp-nr-7.
BibTeX
@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 = {2026-07-21}
}