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Pankrác Prison
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Pankrác Prison, officially Prague Pankrác Remand Prison in Czech), is a prison in Prague, Czech Republic. A part of the Czech Prison Service, it is located southeast of Prague city centre in Pankrác, not far from Pražského povstání metro station on Line C. It is used in part for persons awaiting trial and partly for convicted prisoners. Since 2008, women have also been incarcerated here.
Guillotine used by Nazi Germans to behead members of the Czech Resistance. It had to be recovered from Vltava river, where it was disposed of by the G
Guillotine used by Nazi Germans to behead members of the Czech Resistance. It had to be recovered from Vltava river, where it was disposed of by the German Nazis fleeing from the town in May 1945.
War criminal Kurt Daluege, chief of the German national Order Police, carried out the massacres of Lidice and Ležáky following the assassination of Re
War criminal Kurt Daluege, chief of the German national Order Police, carried out the massacres of Lidice and Ležáky following the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich[broken anchor], the 3rd highest ranking Nazi. Daluege was hanged at Pankrác prison on October 24, 1946
View of the High Court in Prague building in front of the Pankrác Prison, to which it is connected by underground corridor.
View of the High Court in Prague building in front of the Pankrác Prison, to which it is connected by underground corridor.
The historical exhibition at the prison, which is not open to the general public.
The historical exhibition at the prison, which is not open to the general public.
Karl Hermann Frank
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Karl Hermann Frank was a Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II. Attaining the rank of Obergruppenführer, he was in command of the Nazi police apparatus in the protectorate, including the Gestapo, the SD, and the Kripo. After the war, he was tried, convicted and executed by hanging for his role in organizing the massacres of the people of the Czech villages of Lidice and Ležáky.
(c. 1941)
(c. 1941)
Frank with Heydrich and Böhme, September 1941
Frank with Heydrich and Böhme, September 1941
Destruction of Lidice
Destruction of Lidice
Emil Hácha (in the background), State President of Bohemia and Moravia, Daluege and Frank, September 1942
Emil Hácha (in the background), State President of Bohemia and Moravia, Daluege and Frank, September 1942