Gedenkstätte Köpenicker Blutwoche
The Gedenkstätte Köpenicker Blutwoche reminds of the week of 21 to 26 June in which the citizens of Berlin were arrested, tortured and murdered by the SA in the Köpenick district in Berlin. This action was carried out under the direction of SA-Sturmbannführer Herbert Gehrke.
About 500 people were arrested, including communists, social-democrats and Jews.
The gedenkstätte is located in the former prison of the Amtsgericht Köpenick which was also used as a prison during the Blutwoche.
Do you have more information about this location? Inform us!
Source
- Text: Jos Birx
- Photos: Jos Birx
Nearby
Museum
- Nazi Forced Labour Documentation Centre - Berlin
- Deutsch-Russisches Museum Berlin-Karlshorst - Berlin-Karlshorst
- Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial Museum - Berlin
Point of interest
- Former NKVD Prison - Berlin
- Air-raid Shelter Zwieseler Straße - Berlin
- Former Headquarters Soviet Occupation Force Berlin - Berlin
Monument
- Memorial Plaque Friedrich Wilhelm Böse Bridge - Berlin
- Remembrance Text Protestant Cemetery Berlin-Friedrichshagen - Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- War Memorial Friedrichshagen - Berlin-Friedrichshagen
Cemetery
- Russian War Graves Friedrichshagen - Berlin-Friedrichshagen
- German War Graves Berlin Karshorst-Nieuw-Friedrichsfelde - Berlin
- Italian War Graves Berlin-Friedrichsfelde - Berlin
Remembrance Stone
Looking for reliable information or news facts about WW2? Do you want to create your own battlefield tour to sights of wars from the past? Or are you interested in war medals and their recipients? TracesOfWar.com tells you more!
More information
© STIWOT, 1999-2024. All rights reserved. Privacy statement, cookies, disclaimer and copyright