Karl Weinbacher
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Karl Weinbacher was a German manager and war criminal who was executed after conviction by a British war tribunal following World War II. He and his boss, Bruno Tesch, were the only businessmen to be
Weinbacher in British custody (1945)
(From left to right) Tesch, Weinbacher, and Drosihn at their trial in March 1946
Empty Zyklon B poison gas canisters found by the Red Army at the end of World War II at Auschwitz
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
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…three children. The judges were unsympathetic, and on 8 March 1946, both men were condemned to death by hanging. Tesch and Weinbacher were executed in Hamelin Prison on 16 May 1946. Angelika Ebbinghaus: Der Prozeß gegen Weinbacher und Stabenow - Von der Schädlingsbekämpfung zum Holocaust. In: 1999 - Zeitschrift für…
View of the prison complex on the Weser from Klüt hill around 1900
Plaque in front of the prison
Buildings of the prison today