Germany · BE · Plötzensee
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[52°32′27.6″N13°19′19.2″E / 52.541000°N 13.322000°E / 52.541000; 13.322000 Men's prison in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin "Plötzensee" redirects here. For the small lake near the prison, see Plötzensee (lake) "Plötzensee (lake)"). Justizvollzugsanstalt Plötzensee Plötzensee Prison (German: _Justizvollzugsanstalt Plötzensee_, JVA Plötzensee) is a men's prison in the Charlottenburg-Nord locality of Berlin with a capacity for 577 prisoners, operated by the State of Berlin judicial administration. The detention centre established in 1868 has a long history; it became notorious during the Nazi era as one of the main sites of capital punishment, where about 3,000 inmates were executed. Famous inmates include East Germany's last communist leader Egon Krenz.
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Year opened
1879
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 3 Jul 2026 · methodology
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1879
Region
BE
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Death-row facility
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World Prisons. (2026). JVA Plötzensee. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-plotzensee
"JVA Plötzensee." World Prisons. Accessed July 26, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-plotzensee.
@misc{worldprisons-jva-plotzensee,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {JVA Plötzensee},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/jva-plotzensee},
urldate = {2026-07-26}
}