Friday, September 30, 2011

On September 30th of 1966....


Did you know on today’s date, September 30th of 1966, that Spandau prison, located in west Berlin Germany, released two Nazi war criminals? Albert Speer and Bladur Von Schirach severed 20 years for their crimes. When the Spandau prison was first opened, it was originally built for 600 inmates and held some of the most notorious prisoners of the war. Over time its use as a prison facility passed, and in the end it contained only one prisoner. Until his death, the sole resident was the former Nazi deputy, Fuhrer Rudolf Hess!

Read more about this prison and the inmates below:
Encyclopedia Britannica on Spandau Prison
Time Magazine on Rudolf Hess

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