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In 1939 Torgau was the site of two of the eight prisons maintained by the Wehrmacht judiciary: Fort Zinna, which from 1936 to 1939 was expanded to become the Wehrmacht's largest and most modern prison facility, and the Brückenkopf prison.
- Fort Zinna
Political prisoners remained in custody in Torgau until late...
- Fort Zinna
Stalag IV-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp located in the town of Torgau, Saxony, about 50 km (31 mi) north-east of Leipzig . Camp history. The camp comprised two buildings located in the town. The main camp was located on Naundorfer Strasse, about 275 metres (300 yd) south-west of the railway station.
The former Wehrmacht prison and Soviet special camp Fort Zinna served as an East German penal institution from 1950 to 1990. The purpose of the penal system was to train the prisoner to respect the laws of the socialist state. However, the prisons did serve to protect society against criminals.
In the 1920s, the Prussian judiciary took over Fort Zinna as “Torgau Prison”. After the Nazi takeover in 1933, political opponents were imprisoned here. During the Second World War, Fort Zinna became one of two major prisons in Torgau for the Wehrmacht (German Army).
Detail from an American aerial photograph taken on 18 April 1945. The photo shows the star-shaped outline of the Wehrmacht prison Torgau-Fort Zinna (upper right), Seydlitz Barracks and Zieten Barracks (upper left), which was the seat of the Reich Military Court from August 1943 to April 1945. Aerial photograph database of Ing-Büro Carls Würzburg.
Museum. Torgau Documentation and Information Centre (DIZ) “Traces of Injustice” The permanent exhibition at the DIZ in Torgau has three sections, depicting the history of the city’s prisons and camps during both German dictatorships. Special attention is paid to the touching fates of the prisoners.
