Kaisheim correctional facility

Information about the institution
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Surname	Kaisheim correctional facility
Reference year	1816
Detention places	601

The prison Kaisheim is a prison of the State of Bavaria in Kaisheim .

The prison currently has a capacity of 601 prison places.

history

The institution was built in 1816 as a prison and penitentiary on the premises of the Imperial Monastery of Kaisheim . After renovation work, the institution took 60 Catholic men and women in 1817. In 1862 the prison was designated as a penitentiary for Catholic men with joint detention and opened in the new form in 1863. The occupancy was set at 670 men. At the beginning of the 20th century, everyday prison life was relaxed somewhat, lectures, singing evenings and gymnastics showed the first signs of planned leisure activities.

During the Nazi era , night-and-fog prisoners, including 239 prisoners from Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp , were used for forced labor in the Kaisheim prison from 1943 onwards . All 239 were driven on a death march to Dachau concentration camp on April 9, 1945 . Further work details in Löpsingen (an ammunition factory), Donauwörth (an engineering works) and Unterhausen (a railway works) were administered by the Kaisheim prison.

Known inmates

Theo Berger (1941–2003), bank robber, "Al Capone vom Donaumoos" (1963/65)

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Weinmann, Martin (editor): Das Nationalozialistische Lagersystem, Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main, 4th edition, 2004. A reprint from the Catalog of Camps and Prisons, International Tracing Service (ITS) 1948-1952, p. 552.

48.766822222222 10.8001Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 0.6 ″ N , 10 ° 48 ′ 0.4 ″ E

[1] Weinmann, Martin (editor): Das Nationalozialistische Lagersystem, Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main, 4th edition, 2004. A reprint from the Catalog of Camps and Prisons, International Tracing Service (ITS) 1948-1952, p. 552.