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49 Notable deaths
in Plötzensee Prison
Johannes Popitz
Prussian politician (1884-1945).
Born December 2nd, 1884 in Leipzig.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Eugen Bolz
German politician (1881-1945).
Born December 15th, 1881 in Rottenburg am Neckar.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 63 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal
German lawyer, officer and resistance fighter (1907-1944).
Born February 23rd, 1907 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1944 at 37 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death). [ref]
Fritz Lindemann
German general (1894-1944).
Born April 11th, 1894 in Charlottenburg.
Died September 22nd, 1944 at 50 years old in Plötzensee Prison.
Hilde Coppi
Antifascist member of resistance (1909-1943).
Born May 30th, 1909 in Berlin. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1943 at 34 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation by guillotine).
Heinrich von Lehndorff-Steinort
German army officer (1909–1944).
Born June 22nd, 1909 in Hanover.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 35 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Wilhelm Leuschner
German politician and trade unionist (1890-1944), victim of nazism.
Born June 15th, 1890 in Bayreuth.
Died September 29th, 1944 at 54 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Hellmuth Stieff
German general and opponent to nazism (1901-1944).
Died August 8th, 1944 at 43 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Fritz Thiele
German resistance member (1894–1944).
Born April 14th, 1894 in Berlin.
Died September 4th, 1944 at 50 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Robert Bernardis
Austrian resistance fighter involved in the attempt to kill german dictator adolf hitler in the july 20 plot in 1944.
Born August 7th, 1908 in Innsbruck.
Died August 8th, 1944 at 36 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
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