Anton Saefkow
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Anton Emil Hermann Saefkow was a German Communist and a resistance fighter against the Nazi régime. He was arrested in July 1944 and executed on 18 September by guillotine.
Anton Saefkow Portrait
Anton Saefkow in a 1964 stamp from the German Democratic Republic
Anton Saefkow bust in Berlin
Brandenburg-Görden Prison
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Brandenburg-Görden Prison is located on Anton-Saefkow-Allee in the Görden quarter of Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany. Erected between 1927 and 1935, it was built to be the most secure and modern pri
Anton Saefkow
…1944, Saefkow was arrested, sentenced to death by the "People's Court" Volksgerichtshof on 5 September and executed on 18 September by guillotine at Brandenburg-Görden Prison in Brandenburg an der Havel. Saefkow left behind a wife and two daughters. Shortly before his death, he wrote to his wife Änne…
Newly erected main building in 1931
Aerial photograph, 2022
The entrance, 2022
Bernhard Bästlein, executed at Brandenburg-Görden