Founded in 1894, it was the site of many
executions, particularly by
guillotine during the
Nazi period.
Notable inmates
Ludwig Thoma, served a six-week prison sentence in 1906 for insulting the morality associations.
Kurt Eisner, after the January strike, imprisoned from summer until 14 October 1918.
Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, the assassin of
Kurt Eisner, Minister President of Bavaria. He served his sentence in cell 70, and in 1924 was evicted from his cell to make way for Adolf Hitler.
Peter von Heydebreck, a career Nazi, imprisoned and killed by the SS during the Röhm Putsch in 1934.
Leo Katzenberger, guillotined on 2 June 1942 for violating the Nazi Rassenschutzgesetz, or Racial Protection Law. The judge at the infamous
Katzenberger Trial,
Oswald Rothaug, condemned him despite a lack of evidence.
Hans Scholl, member of the
White Rose resistance movement, executed on 22 February 1943.
Oliver Shanti, musician, imprisoned 2008, died in 2016.
John Demjanjuk, suspected war criminal. Imprisoned 2009.
Gerhard Gribkowsky, chief risk officer of Munich-based bank BayernLB, the former chairman of
SLEC. Imprisoned 2010.
Breno Borges, association football player and former Bayern Munich member. Imprisoned 2012.
Beate Zschäpe, accused member of National Socialist Underground (NSU), sentenced to life in prison without parole.[4]
Statistics about the prison
Size: 14 hectares
Capacity of prison: ca. 1,500 prisoners (possible maximum 2,100)
Highest number of prisoners: 9 November 1993 with 1,969 prisoners
Executions 1895 to 1927: 14 (including Gustav Landauer and Eugen Levine)
Executions 1933 to 1945: at least 1,035 (including Ernst Röhm and the members of the
White Rose resistance movement, i.e. Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl and Christoph Probst; Alex Schmorell, Willi Graf and Prof. Kurt Huber. Also Hans Conrad Leipelt from the White Rose in Hamburg who was beheaded in January 1945 for reproducing and distributing the sixth and final White Rose leaflet which was written by Kurt Huber)
Founded in 1894, it was the site of many
executions, particularly by
guillotine during the
Nazi period.
Notable inmates
Ludwig Thoma, served a six-week prison sentence in 1906 for insulting the morality associations.
Kurt Eisner, after the January strike, imprisoned from summer until 14 October 1918.
Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, the assassin of
Kurt Eisner, Minister President of Bavaria. He served his sentence in cell 70, and in 1924 was evicted from his cell to make way for Adolf Hitler.
Peter von Heydebreck, a career Nazi, imprisoned and killed by the SS during the Röhm Putsch in 1934.
Leo Katzenberger, guillotined on 2 June 1942 for violating the Nazi Rassenschutzgesetz, or Racial Protection Law. The judge at the infamous
Katzenberger Trial,
Oswald Rothaug, condemned him despite a lack of evidence.
Hans Scholl, member of the
White Rose resistance movement, executed on 22 February 1943.
Oliver Shanti, musician, imprisoned 2008, died in 2016.
John Demjanjuk, suspected war criminal. Imprisoned 2009.
Gerhard Gribkowsky, chief risk officer of Munich-based bank BayernLB, the former chairman of
SLEC. Imprisoned 2010.
Breno Borges, association football player and former Bayern Munich member. Imprisoned 2012.
Beate Zschäpe, accused member of National Socialist Underground (NSU), sentenced to life in prison without parole.[4]
Statistics about the prison
Size: 14 hectares
Capacity of prison: ca. 1,500 prisoners (possible maximum 2,100)
Highest number of prisoners: 9 November 1993 with 1,969 prisoners
Executions 1895 to 1927: 14 (including Gustav Landauer and Eugen Levine)
Executions 1933 to 1945: at least 1,035 (including Ernst Röhm and the members of the
White Rose resistance movement, i.e. Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl and Christoph Probst; Alex Schmorell, Willi Graf and Prof. Kurt Huber. Also Hans Conrad Leipelt from the White Rose in Hamburg who was beheaded in January 1945 for reproducing and distributing the sixth and final White Rose leaflet which was written by Kurt Huber)