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Gedenkstätte Plötzensee
Hüttigpfad, Berlin  13627 • +49-(0)-30-2699-5000
Description:
CHARLOTTENBURG - WILMERSDORF. More than 2500 political prisoners were killed at this prison site. From 1933 to 1942, those who resisted or objected to Hitler and Nazi ideals were either hung or guillotined inside the walls. An urn, with soil gathered from all of World War II's German concentration camps, sits at the front of the penitentiary to honor the victims of this period in history. S-BAHN: Beusselstrasse

Hours:
Summer (Mar - Oct)  Daily 9am-5pm
Winter (Nov - Feb)  Daily 9am-4pm