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9 Notable deaths
 by execution

Sidney Reilly

Russian-born adventurer and secret agent (1873–1925).

Born March 24th, 1873 in Odesa.

Died November 5th, 1925 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution).

Béla Kun

Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the hungarian soviet republic in 1919, people's commissar of foreign affairs.

Born February 20th, 1886 in Cehu Silvaniei.

Died August 29th, 1938 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution).

Georges Mandel

French jewish politician, resistance fighter and art collector, murdered in the holocaust (1885-1944).

Born June 5th, 1885 in Chatou.

Died July 7th, 1944 at 59 years old in Fontainebleau (execution).

Dipa Nusantara Aidit

Indonesian communist politician (1923–1965).

Born July 30th, 1923 in Belitung Island.

Died November 22nd, 1965 at 42 years old in Indonesia (execution).

Döme Sztójay

Hungarian-serb politician executed for war crimes (1883-1946).

Born January 5th, 1883 in Vršac.

Died August 22nd, 1946 at 63 years old in Budapest (execution).

Henryk Sławik

Polish politician, social worker, activist, and diplomat (1894–1944).

Born July 15th, 1894 in Szeroka.

Died August 25th, 1944 at 50 years old in Mauthausen concentration camp (execution).

Jean-Charles Cornay

French missionary and martyr (1809–1837).

Born February 27th, 1809 in Loudun.

Died September 20th, 1837 at 28 years old in Hà Tây (execution).

Leib Kvitko

Soviet yiddish poet (1890-1952).

Born November 11th, 1890 in Holoskiv.

Died August 12th, 1952 at 61 years old in Moscow (execution).

Louisa Aslanian

Wwii french-armenian resistance activist.

Born May 5th, 1906 in Tabriz.

Died January 30th, 1945 at 38 years old in Ravensbrück concentration camp (execution).

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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)