Anton Thumann
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Anton Thumann was a member of the SS of Nazi Germany who served in various Nazi concentration camps during World War II. After the war, Thumann was arrested by British occupation forces and charged wi
Anton Thumann in British custody, 1946
Hamelin Prison
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Hamelin Prison, also known as the Stockhof, was a prison and penitentiary in Hamelin, Germany. The penal institution, which had a predecessor since 1698, existed from 1827 to 1980. It was located betw
Anton Thumann
…British occupation forces and charged with war crimes. At the Neuengamme Camp Case No. 1 in 1946 he was found guilty, sentenced to death and executed at Hamelin Prison. Thumann was born in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria, German Empire, in 1912. In the 1930s he joined the Nazi Party (member no. 1,726,633) and the SS…
View of the prison complex on the Weser from Klüt hill around 1900
Plaque in front of the prison
Buildings of the prison today