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514 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Rozz Williams
American singer (1963–1998).
Born November 6th, 1963 in Pomona.
Died April 1st, 1998 at 34 years old in West Hollywood (hanging to death).
Luigi Lucheni
Italian anarchist and the assassin of empress elisabeth of austria (1873–1910).
Born April 22nd, 1873 in Paris.
Died October 19th, 1910 at 37 years old in Geneva (hanging to death).
Friedrich Jeckeln
German politician (nsdap), mdr, general of the waffen-ss, perpetrator of the holocaust, lgerman ss general, executed for war crimes including mass murder (1895-1946).
Born February 2nd, 1895 in Hornberg.
Died February 3rd, 1946 at 51 years old in Riga (hanging to death).
An Jung-geun
Korean independence activist (1879–1910).
Born September 2nd, 1879 in Haeju.
Died March 26th, 1910 at 30 years old in Lüshunkou District (hanging to death).
Madan Lal Dhingra
Indian revolutionary (1883–1909).
Born September 18th, 1883 in Amritsar, Punjab.
Died August 17th, 1909 at 25 years old in Barnsbury, HM Prison Pentonville (hanging to death).
Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician and member of the 20 july plot (1884-1945).
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 60 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Elisabeth Becker
German concentration camp guard (1923–1946).
Born July 20th, 1923 in Gmina Nowy Staw.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 22 years old in Biskupia Górka (hanging to death).
Fritz Sauckel
German nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1894-1946).
Born October 27th, 1894 in Haßfurt.
Died October 16th, 1946 at 51 years old in Nuremberg Court Prison (hanging to death).
Karel Čurda
Czech parachutist (1911-1947).
Born October 10th, 1911 in Nová Hlína, Stará Hlína. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1947 at 35 years old in Pankrác Prison (hanging to death). [ref]
Gudrun Ensslin
German far-left militant (1940–1977).
Born August 15th, 1940 in Bartholomä.
Died October 18th, 1977 at 37 years old in Stuttgart (hanging to death).
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