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
Newly erected main building in 1931
Aerial photograph, 2022
The entrance, 2022
Bernhard Bästlein, executed at Brandenburg-Görden
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.
Brandenburg-Görden Prison
…were upgraded. The prison remained operational during this time. The street where the prison exists is now named for one of the people executed there, Anton Saefkow. (Many of the people on this list are notable because they later became important in the German Democratic Republic. For more information on any of the…
Anton Saefkow Portrait
Anton Saefkow in a 1964 stamp from the German Democratic Republic
Anton Saefkow bust in Berlin