Acre Prison

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Acre Prison is a historic fortress-turned-penal facility in the city of Acre (Akko), Israel, known for its use by British authorities to incarcerate and execute Jewish underground fighters during the Mandate period.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Acre Prison canonical 4
Acre Fortress Prison 1
British-run Acre Prison 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
heritage site ⓘ
historic prison ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ottoman military architecture ⓘ
commemorates Irgun members ⓘ
Jewish underground fighters executed by the British ⓘ
Lehi members ⓘ
controlledBy British Mandate government ⓘ
Israel Prison Service ⓘ
Ottoman authorities ⓘ
countryDuringMandateUse Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Acre Fortress Prison ⓘ
linked to: Acre Prison

Akko Prison ⓘ
hasCellType death row cells ⓘ
hasExhibit cells of underground fighters ⓘ
reconstructed gallows ⓘ
hasFacility gallows ⓘ
hasFunction memorial site ⓘ
museum ⓘ
hasNameInHebrew כלא עכו ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Acre ⓘ
locatedIn Acre ⓘ
Akko ⓘ
locatedInCountry Israel ⓘ
locatedInHistoricRegion Galilee ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
locatedInRegion Northern District of Israel ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableFor Acre Prison break of 1947 ⓘ
linked to: Acre Prison break

execution of Jewish underground members during the British Mandate ⓘ
historic fortress architecture ⓘ
role in Zionist underground history ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
partOf Acre city walls complex ⓘ
linked to: Acre city walls

Old City of Acre ⓘ
linked to: Old City of Akko
periodOfSignificance British Mandate period ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
tourismType dark tourism site ⓘ
usedBy British Mandate authorities ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
State of Israel ⓘ
linked to: Israel
usedFor civilian prison ⓘ
executions ⓘ
incarceration of Jewish underground fighters ⓘ
incarceration of political prisoners ⓘ
military prison ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acre Prison break → place → Acre Prison ⓘ
Acre Prison break → target → British-run Acre Prison ⓘ
linked to: Acre Prison
Acre Prison → hasAlternativeName → Acre Fortress Prison ⓘ
linked to: Acre Prison
Mansion of Bahjí complex → near → Acre Prison ⓘ
Eitan Livni → detentionLocation → Acre Prison ⓘ