Spandau
[shpahn-dou]
- a district of Berlin, in E Germany: site of prison for Nazi war criminals.
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The King of Prussia will pay his debts, but he will end his days at Spandau.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
Had his year in Spandau for us there, while poor Katte lost his head!
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XXI. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
I asked my Justizrath whether he often got oysters to eat at Spandau?
The Essays of "George Eliot"George Eliot
On the 15th the gates of Spandau were thrown open to his troops.
The Thirty Years' WarSamuel Rawson Gardiner
Spandau surrendered on the 25th of October, Stettin on the 29th.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878C. A. Fyffe