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185 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Seishirō Itagaki
Japanese general (1885-1948).
Born January 21st, 1885 in Numakunai.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
German general and resistance fighter (1886–1944).
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Berlin.
Died August 30th, 1944 at 58 years old in Berlin, Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Li Dazhao
Co-founder of the chinese communist party (1889–1927).
Born October 29th, 1889 in Laoting County.
Died April 28th, 1927 at 37 years old in Beijing (hanging to death).
Franz Hössler
German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Oberdorf bei Immenstadt.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Deniz Gezmiş
Turkish political activist (1947-1972).
Born February 27th, 1947 in Ayaş.
Died May 6th, 1972 at 25 years old in Ankara (hanging to death).
Oksana Shachko
Ukrainian artist and activist (1987–2018).
Born January 31st, 1987 in Khmelnytskyi.
Died July 23rd, 2018 at 31 years old in Montrouge (hanging to death). [ref]
Akira Mutō
Japanese general (1892–1948).
Born December 15th, 1892 in Hakusui.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 56 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Otto Moll
German ss-member and war criminal.
Born March 4th, 1915 in Kalkhorst.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 31 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).
Kim Kwang-seok
South korean musician (1964–1996).
Born January 22nd, 1964 in Daegu.
Died January 6th, 1996 at 31 years old in Seoul (hanging to death).
Dieter Wisliceny
Ss-hauptsturmführer (1911-1948).
Born January 13th, 1911 in Możdżany.
Died May 4th, 1948 at 37 years old in Bratislava (hanging to death). [ref]
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