Law. Crime. Consequences
Wagner, Jens-Christian / Staats, Martina National Socialist penal system using the example of Wolfenbüttel PrisonWolfenbüttel Prison was the central prison in the former State of Braunschweig. From 1933 onward, the courts increasingly incarcerated political dissidents, socially and racially marginalized persons, homosexuals, and Jehovah's Witnesses there. As the war progressed, the number of foreign prisoners rose sharply.In 1937 an execution site was established in the prison. By th...