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Festungshaft
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German
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Etymology
de :af Festung<t:fortress> -s- Haft<t:arrest, custody, imprisonment>
From de Festung -s- Haft fortress arrest, custody, imprisonment.
Pronunciation
de /ˈfɛstʊŋsˌhaft/
de De-Festungshaft.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Fes tungs haft
Noun
f.sg
de law custodial sentence of detention in some place, especially in a fortress
de Ehrenhaft Festungsarrest
de 1943 Adolf Hitler Vorwort Mein Kampf My Struggle 855th Munich Franz Eher Nachfolger https://archive.org/details/Mein-Kampf2/page/n29/mode/2up?view=theater 248421307 New English translation from Thomas Dalton 2018 Foreword Mein Kampf New York, N.Y. Clemens & Blair 19 https://der-fuehrer.org/meinkampf/english/Mein%20Kampf%20(Thomas%20Dalton's%20translation).pdf#page=20 1142103615 Am 1. April 1924 hatte ich, aufgrund des Urteilsspruches des Münchner Volksgerichts von diesem Tage, meine Festungshaft zu Landsberg am Lech anzutreten. On April 1st, 1924. I began to serve my sentence of detention in the Fortress of Landsberg am Lech, following the verdict pronounced by the Munich people's court on that day.
Declension
f.sg
Hypernyms
de Haft
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