Penitentiary in Sankt Pankraz, around 1943
Heinrich Himmler established a place of execution in Pankrac prison in 1943, in the south of Prague. Since the occupation of Czechoslovakia, the prison had been used as a detention center by the Gestapo. Guillotines and iron hooks stood in the so-called Beilzimmer for hanging. All participants of the Operation Anthropoid were killed in this room. Undated photo, around 1943
Picture No
13318743
Media ID
48345636
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4962px x 3789px
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Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - SZ Photo
Date
1943
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Annexation Anthropoid Bohemia Csfr Cssr Detention Established Gestapo Guillotine Guillotines Himmler Hooks Knitting Moravia Pankrac Participants Penitentiary Sankt Secession Slovakia So-called Stool
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