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The Montelupich Prison, so called from the street in which it is located, the ulica Montelupich ("street of the Montelupi family"), is a historic prison in Kraków from early 20th century, which was used by the Gestapo in World War II.
Feb 23, 2013 · Montelupich Prison is a historic and operational detention centre in Krakow, Poland. Learn about its past as a Nazi and Soviet prison, its famous and infamous inmates, and its modern facilities and challenges.
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Sep 13, 2021 · On 13 September 1946, former commander of the Krakow - Plaszow concentration camp, war criminal Amon Göth, was executed in the Montelupich prison near Plaszów. Amon Göth tried to conform to the model of the perfect Nazi.
One of the exhibits is on the Montelupich Prison, the Gestapo prison where people would be interrogated and tortured. When I see the sign, my heart skips a beat. I KNOW people who have been locked up here. So it is not ancient history, and here it is before my very eyes:
Montelupich Prison. When Germany occupoied Krakow in the beginning of September 1939, Gestapo took over a central prison located on Montelupich st. All kind of people were imprisoned, political opponents, foreign spies, prisoners of war, deserters, Jews, german military and SS service men etc.
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This prison was operated by the Gestapo from 1940 to 1944. In this period, some 50,000 prisoners were held (mainly Poles and Jews). It was a place of mass execution and many prisoners were tortured before being deportated to the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Bireknau and Plaszow.
During the years 1939‒45, tens of thousands of Poles, men and women, mostly political prisoners, passed through Montelupich. After a long investigation carried out at the Gestapo headquarters on Pomorska Street or in an interrogation room called by the prisoners the Murderer’s Room, the vast majority of prisoners were sent to concentration ...
