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517 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Jenny-Wanda Barkmann
Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).
Born May 30th, 1922 in Hamburg.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (hanging to death).
Omar al-Mukhtar
Leader of the senussi resistance against the italian fascist occupation (1858–1931).
Born August 20th, 1858 in Cyrenaica. [ref]
Died September 16th, 1931 at 73 years old in Libya (hanging to death).
Iwane Matsui
Japanese general (1878–1948).
Born July 27th, 1878 in Makinochō.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 70 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).
Maria Mandl
Austrian holocaust perpetrator and convicted war criminal (1912–1948).
Born January 10th, 1912 in Münzkirchen.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 36 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Sarah Kane
English playwright (1971-1999).
Born February 3rd, 1971 in Brentwood.
Died February 20th, 1999 at 28 years old in King's College Hospital (hanging to death).
Ian Murdock
American computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur (1973-2015).
Born April 28th, 1973 in Constance.
Died December 28th, 2015 at 42 years old in San Francisco (hanging to death). [ref]
Kim Jae-gyu
South korean military officer (1926-1980).
Died May 24th, 1980 at 54 years old in Seoul Detention Center (hanging to death).
Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of czechoslovak national parliament and nazi germany politician (1898-1946).
Born January 24th, 1898 in Karlovy Vary. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Nusle (hanging to death). [ref]
Park Yong-ha
South korean actor and singer (1977-2010).
Born August 12th, 1977 in Seoul.
Died June 30th, 2010 at 32 years old in Seoul (hanging to death).
Paul Blobel
German ss officer and holocaust perpetrator, convicted war criminal (1894–1951).
Born August 13th, 1894 in Potsdam. [ref]
Died June 7th, 1951 at 56 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
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