The Enforcement of Sentences under International Criminal Law in Spandau Prison after the Nuremberg Trial

• In Event: Atrocity Crimes: Spandau, Sugamo, and Landsberg – The Origins of Sentence Enforcement in International Criminal Law (ECACTJ)

Abstract

The speaker will report on her research into the penal system in Spandau prison after the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. In her dissertation, the speaker examines the special features of the Spandau prison, which resulted in particular from the joint management of the institution by the four Allies. Accordingly, the legal basis and prison practice were strongly influenced by the Cold War and for this reason alone were highly politicized. In addition to the international references, the German public played an important role in the organization of the prison in Spandau. Another characteristic of the prison in Spandau was that only seven prisoners were held there. The speaker will inform the audience about the legal basis, legal practice and the historical background of the prison system in Spandau. In this way, she will provide the basis for a subsequent comparison of the prison in Spandau with those in Landsberg and Sugamo.

Author

• Natascha Larissa Stolze, German