Hoheneck Fortress Explained

Prison Name:	Hoheneck
Location:	Stollberg, Saxony, Germany
Status:	Closed
Classification:	Maximum
Opened:	1862
Closed:	2001
Managed By:	City of Stollberg

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.