Fritz Thiel
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Fritz Thiel was a German precision engineer and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime. He became part of a Berlin-based anti-fascist resistance group during World War II, that was later named the
Adhesive stickers that were posted on top of The Soviet Paradise posters
Plötzensee Prison
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Plötzensee Prison is a men's prison in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin with a capacity for 577 prisoners, operated by the State of Berlin judicial administration. The detention centre estab
Fritz Thiel
…was sentenced to death for "preparation of high treason" and "for favouring the enemy" by the 2nd Senate of the Reichskriegsgericht. He was executed in Plötzensee Prison on 13 May 1943. His wife Hannelore was sentenced to six years in prison at the same trial. Her son was born in prison, and died in a children's home…
Jsa ploetzensee torhaus
Aerial view of the prison in 1933
Exterior sign at Plötzensee Memorial, 1984
Plötzensee Memorial, 2005