Werner Haase
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Werner Haase was a professor of medicine and SS member during the Nazi era. He was one of Adolf Hitler's personal physicians. After the war ended, Haase was made a Soviet prisoner of war. He died whil
Haase in Soviet captivity
Butyrka prison
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Butyrskaya prison, colloquially known simply as Butyrka, is a prison in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow, Russia. In Imperial Russia it served as the central transit prison. Now it is a pretria
Werner Haase
…not recorded. In 1950 Haase, who suffered from tuberculosis, died in captivity. The place of death is recorded as "Butyr prison hospital", likely the Butyrka prison in Moscow. Downfall, 2004 German film where he was portrayed by actor Matthias Habich. (N.B. The film's credits incorrectly state that Haase died in…
The prison in 2010
Butyrskaya prison (historical model)
Butyrskaya prison, 1890s