POLITICAL PRISONERS IN PRISON
Place of detention under National Socialism and in the GDR
For many years, the building served as a Court prison and remand prison for the adjacent Fürstenhof in Wismar the local and district court. In the Nazi state (1933-1945) and in the GDR (1949-1990) here were not only criminals, but also Political prisoners from Wismar and the surrounding area imprisoned.
Under National Socialism, this concerned, among other things Communists, Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses and Young people who defy the system. So In June 1937, the Jewish businessman Arthur Lewinski because of alleged "anti-national socialist" statements and the Refusal to have his shoe store aryanized, arrested. After a stay in the Wismar prison, he was sent to the Gestapo's Columbia concentration camp in Berlin brought. Arthur Lewinski later reported that he "had a relatively good time in Wismar [in the] Gestapo prison in Berlin [...] it [however] would have had very bad and also mistreated had been". Jehovah's Witness Carl Glöde came to the March 1939 after his arrest for six weeks in the court prison before being sentenced to conviction came. In October 1942, the Innkeeper Karl Brüggemann arrested and sent to the He was sent to the local court prison because he "Bottled beer and tobacco products [...] to sold foreign civilian workers and these deprived Germans of their luxury food".
In the GDR, the house once again became a place of detention for political prisoners. So for eight Jehovah's Witnesses, until their trial on November 1, 1950. Wismar District Court, where she worked for many years. prison sentences were located there.
In the In the 1970s and 1980s, many people were imprisoned for attempting to flee the republic. The In 1970, Erwin Raddatz's parents wanted to take their 19-year-old son attempted to escape via the Baltic Sea and were provided.
The son was separated from his parents and brought After an initial interrogation at the State Security in Grevesmühlen to Wismar.
Erwin Raddatz remained there until his trial in custody for three months. In order to allegedly or actually picked up Republic refugees were taken care of by the K1 designated department of the People's Police.
Created to combat political offenses she worked with methods similar to those of the State security. K1 had a new office in Wismar detention center has a separate area.
At the end of the 1980s, every week Several Baltic Sea republic refugees apprehended have been brought in.
POLITICAL PRISONERS IN PRISON
Place of Imprisonment during National Socialism and the GDR
For many years, the building served as a
court prison and remand center
for the district and local courts located adjacent to it in the Fürstenhof in Wismar. During the
Nazi regime (1933-1945) and the GDR (1949-1990),
not only criminals but also political prisoners from Wismar and the surrounding area were imprisoned here.
During National Socialism, this included, among others,
communists, Jews, Jehovah's Witnesses, and
young people who opposed the system. For example, in June 1937, the Jewish merchant Arthur Lewinski was arrested for allegedly
"anti-Nazi" statements and for refusing to have his shoe store Aryanized. After a stay in Wismar prison, he was taken to the Columbia concentration camp in Berlin, which was used by the Gestapo. Arthur Lewinski later reported that he "had a relatively good life in Wismar, but [had] a very bad life in the Gestapo prison in Berlin [...] and was also mistreated." Jehovah's Witness Carl Glöde was imprisoned in March 1939 for six weeks after his arrest before being sentenced. In October 1942, innkeeper Karl Brüggemann was arrested and taken to the district court prison for "selling bottled beer and tobacco products [...] to foreign civilian workers and confiscating these luxuries from Germans."
In the GDR, the house once again became a place of detention for political prisoners. For example, eight Jehovah's Witnesses, who remained there until their trial on November 1, 1950, at the Wismar District Court, where they received long prison sentences. In the 1970s and 1980s, many people were imprisoned for attempted escape from the Republic. In 1970, Erwin Raddatz's parents attempted to escape across the Baltic Sea with their 19-year-old son and were caught. The son was separated from his parents and, after an initial interrogation by the State Security Service in Grevesmühlen, taken to Wismar. Erwin Raddatz remained in pretrial detention there for three months until his trial. The department of the People's Police, known as K1, dealt with the alleged or actual refugees from the Republic who were apprehended. Created to combat political crimes, it used methods similar to those of the State Security. The K1 had a special section in the Wismar remand prison.
At the end of the 1980s, several captured refugees from the Baltic Sea Republic were reportedly brought there every week.
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