Deaths by...
45 Notable deaths
by decapitation
Farid Simaika
Diver.
Born June 12th, 1907 in Alexandria.
Died September 11th, 1943 at 36 years old in Makassar (decapitation). [ref]
Carl Lampert
Austrian priest.
Born January 9th, 1894 in Göfis. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1944 at 50 years old in Halle (Saale) (decapitation). [ref]
Vera Obolenskaya
French resistance fighter.
Died August 4th, 1944 at 33 years old in Plötzensee Prison (decapitation).
Georges Tainturier
French fencer (1890-1943).
Born May 20th, 1890 in Labruyère. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1943 at 53 years old in Cologne (decapitation). [ref]
Nevena Georgieva
Yugoslav partisan.
Born August 25th, 1925 in Skopje.
Died December 16th, 1942 at 17 years old in Nezhilovo (decapitation).
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