Tegel Prison
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Tegel Prison is a Berlin correctional facility historically known for holding political prisoners during the Nazi era, including theologian and resistance member Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tegel Prison canonical | 4 |
| Berlin correctional facilities | 1 |
| Berlin-Tegel Prison | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1716865 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tegel Prison Context triple: [Dietrich Bonhoeffer, placeOfDetention, Tegel Prison]
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A.
Spandau Prison
Spandau Prison was a high-security Allied military prison in West Berlin that housed prominent Nazi war criminals after World War II.
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B.
Werl Prison
Werl Prison is a correctional facility in Werl, Germany, historically used by the Allies after World War II to incarcerate high-ranking Nazi war criminals.
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C.
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison is a Bavarian detention facility best known as the place where Adolf Hitler was incarcerated in 1924 and wrote much of "Mein Kampf."
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D.
Pollsmoor Prison
Pollsmoor Prison is a high-security South African correctional facility in Cape Town, historically notable for holding prominent anti-apartheid activists including Nelson Mandela.
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E.
Newgate Prison
Newgate Prison was a notorious London jail, long associated with public executions and social unrest, that became infamous for being stormed and burned during the Gordon Riots of 1780.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tegel Prison Target entity description: Tegel Prison is a Berlin correctional facility historically known for holding political prisoners during the Nazi era, including theologian and resistance member Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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A.
Spandau Prison
Spandau Prison was a high-security Allied military prison in West Berlin that housed prominent Nazi war criminals after World War II.
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B.
Werl Prison
Werl Prison is a correctional facility in Werl, Germany, historically used by the Allies after World War II to incarcerate high-ranking Nazi war criminals.
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C.
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison is a Bavarian detention facility best known as the place where Adolf Hitler was incarcerated in 1924 and wrote much of "Mein Kampf."
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D.
Pollsmoor Prison
Pollsmoor Prison is a high-security South African correctional facility in Cape Town, historically notable for holding prominent anti-apartheid activists including Nelson Mandela.
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E.
Newgate Prison
Newgate Prison was a notorious London jail, long associated with public executions and social unrest, that became infamous for being stormed and burned during the Gordon Riots of 1780.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
correctional facility ⓘ prison ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | prison radial plan ⓘ |
| category |
1898 establishments in Germany
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Buildings and structures in Reinickendorf ⓘ Prisons in Berlin ⓘ |
| city | Berlin ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1896 ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | German ⓘ |
| hasPart |
cell blocks
ⓘ
chapel ⓘ exercise yards ⓘ visitation area ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| hasUse | adult male prison ⓘ |
| inception | 1898 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | State of Berlin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Germany ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Berlin ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Reinickendorf ⓘ |
| locatedInNeighborhood | Tegel ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Berlin-Tegel locality
ⓘ
linked to:
Tegel
former Berlin Tegel Airport ⓘ
linked to:
Tegel
|
| location | Berlin ⓘ |
| maximumCapacity | over 1000 inmates ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with German resistance to Nazism
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housing political prisoners during the Nazi era ⓘ |
| notablePrisoner |
Albrecht Haushofer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer ⓘ Hans von Dohnanyi ⓘ Klaus Bonhoeffer ⓘ Ulrich von Hassell ⓘ |
| numberOfInmates | over 1000 ⓘ |
| opened | 1898 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Berlin Senate Department for Justice
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Senatsverwaltung für Justiz Berlin ⓘ
linked to:
Magistrat bzw. Senat von Berlin
|
| securityClassification |
closed prison
ⓘ
high security ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Nazi regime
ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi Germany
|
| usedDuring | Nazi era ⓘ |
| usedFor |
detention of political prisoners
ⓘ
detention of resistance members ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tegel Prison Description of subject: Tegel Prison is a Berlin correctional facility historically known for holding political prisoners during the Nazi era, including theologian and resistance member Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tegel Prison
linked to: Tegel Prison