Spandau Prison was a purpose built prison situated in the eastern
Berlin suburb of Spandau, constructed and operated by the four Allied Powers of
World War II to house those
Nazi war criminals that had been sentenced to imprisonment at the
Nuremberg Trials such as
Albert Speer,
Karl Doenitz and
Rudolf Hess. It was near, though not part of, the ancient
Spandau Citadel[?] fortress and was demolished after the death of Hess in
1987 to prevent it becoming a
Neo-Nazi shrine.