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Berlin - Memorial Plötzensee
Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
From 1933 to 1945, almost 3,000 people were executed in the Plötzensee prison in Berlin. Today, the cells and a small documentation center can be visited.
Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
In the period 1933-45, 2,891 people were executed. The first 3 years the executioner used an ax and he beheaded 45 prisoners. Later until 1939, guillotine was used. After this, gallows were in use, where 8 people could be hung at the same time. 90 people who were part of the assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944, were executed here. The last as late as April 9, 1945.
Ad
dress:Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
Hüttigpfad
13627 Berlin-Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Opening hours:
March - October
D
aily: 9.00 - 17.00November - February
D
aily: 9.00 - 16.00
Public transport:
U-Bahnhof Turmstraße or S-Bahnhof Beusselstraße
Subsequent Bus 123 to "Gedenkstätte Plötzensee" (3 minutes on foot)
L
ink:
From the outside