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Nuremberg Court Prison

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1868

Operational

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Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1868

Region

Bärenschanze

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

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Notable inmates

  • Karl Gebhardt
    Karl Gebhardt
    1897–1948 · surgeon

    Karl Franz Gebhardt (23 November 1897 – 2 June 1948) was a German physician and a war criminal.

  • Arnulf Panzer
    1904 · clerk
  • Karl Wolff
    Karl Wolff
    1900–1984 · politician

    Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 16 July 1984) was a senior German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II.

  • Paul Pleiger
    Paul Pleiger
    1899–1985 · entrepreneur

    Paul Pleiger (28 September 1899 – 22 July 1985) was a German entrepreneur and corporate executive who was involved in managing the war economy of Nazi Germany.

  • Karl Bodenschatz
    Karl Bodenschatz
    1890–1979 · military personnel

    Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (10 December 1890 – 25 August 1979) was a German general who was the adjutant to Manfred von Richthofen in World War I and the liaison officer between Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler in World War II.

  • Hans-Joachim Riecke
    1899–1986 · politician

    Hans-Joachim Riecke or Hans-Joachim Ernst Riecke (20 June 1899 – 11 August 1986) was a German Nazi politician who served in the Reichstag and rose to the rank of Gruppenführer in both the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the Schutzstaffel (SS).

  • Carl Westphal
    1902–1947 · jurist
  • Werner Kirchert
    1906–1987 · physician
  • Karl Strölin
    Karl Strölin
    1890–1963 · politician

    Karl Strölin (21 October 1890 – 21 January 1963) was a German Nazi politician and from 1933 to 1945, was the mayor of Stuttgart.

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-nuremberg-court-prison,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Nuremberg Court Prison},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nuremberg-court-prison},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}