Hoheneck Fortress Explained

Hoheneck Women's Prison (German: Frauengefängnis Hoheneck) was a women's correctional facility in operation between 1862 and 2001 in Stollberg, Germany. It became most notable as a detention facility for female political prisoners in East Germany. The prison was designed to hold up to 600 inmates, however, as many as 1,600 were detained there.^[1]

The short film Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck examines forced labour in Hoheneck Prison.^[2]

Notable inmates

• Erika Bergmann: Nazi war criminal and Ravensbrück concentration camp guard
• Ulla Jürß: Nazi war criminal and Ravensbrück concentration camp guard
• Erna Petri: Nazi war criminal
• Jutta Fleck: Attempted escapee from the German Democratic Republic^[3]

See also

• Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
• Memorial and Education Centre Andreasstrasse

Further reading

• Rodewill, Rengha (2014) Hoheneck – Das DDR-Frauenzuchthaus: Dokumentarische Erkundung in Fotos mit Zeitzeugenberichten und einem Vorwort von Katrin Göring-Eckardt. Berlin: Vergangenheitsverlag

Notes and References

1. https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/hoheneck-4758.html Das Frauengefängnis Hoheneck
2. Lahl, Alexander; Schlect, Volker (27 January 2017) Broken: The Women’s Prison at Hoheneck in New York Times. Retrieved 1 August 2019
3. News: Die "Frau vom Checkpoint Charlie": Jutta Fleck kämpft noch heute für die Freiheit . de . 2022-10-01.