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North Dakota

Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for North Dakota.

971Documented
2In custody
27Released

Eras of repression in North Dakota

Where North Dakota’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.

1940s 931 1930s 18 2020s 7 2010s 6 1980s 4 1910s 4

Documented cases

971 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.

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Clemens Wempe
Clemens Wempe was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as o...
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Karl August Wendt
Karl August Wendt was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Karl Hermann Wendt
Karl Hermann Wendt was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Werner Otto Wenk
Werner Otto Wenk was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, a...
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Paul E. Werkshagen
Paul E. Werkshagen was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Franz Wethmar
Franz Wethmar was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as o...
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Louis Otto Wick
Louis Otto Wick was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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John H. Wieland
John H. Wieland was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Wilhelm P. Wieland
Wilhelm P. Wieland was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Max Otto Wiese
Max Otto Wiese was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Herbert R. Wieser
Herbert R. Wieser was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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William Wild
William Wild was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Ernst H. Willer
Ernst H. Willer was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Bert Williams
Bert Williams was an Industrial Workers of the World member arrested in Minot on August 7, 1930 after arriving...
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Paul Willmann
Paul Willmann was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as o...
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Joseph Wilmes
Joseph Wilmes was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as o...
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Albert B. Winkler
Albert B. Winkler was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Alfred Friedrich Winkler
Alfred Friedrich Winkler was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North D...
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John Wirthl
John Wirthl was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Kajetan Wirthl
Kajetan Wirthl was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as...
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Otto Erich Wistuba
Otto Erich Wistuba was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Hans Wittke
Hans Wittke was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...
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Phillipp Wittrock
Phillipp Wittrock was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota,...
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Adolf Wobber
Adolf Wobber was individually listed in custody at Fort Lincoln Internment Camp, Bismarck, North Dakota, as of...

Institutions in North Dakota

Prisons, jails, and detention centers in North Dakota that appear in the census’s case files.

Fort Lincoln Internment CampBismarck, North Dakota
815 cases
Morton County District CourtMandan, North Dakota
1 case
Cass County JailFargo, North Dakota
1 case
North Dakota state prisonFargo, North Dakota
1 case
U.S. District Court, District of North DakotaFargo, North Dakota
1 case
North Dakota state prison (Cass County)Fargo, North Dakota
1 case