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514 Notable deaths
 by hanging to death

Vittorio Arrigoni

Italian activist (1975–2011).

Born February 4th, 1975 in Besana in Brianza.

Died April 15th, 2011 at 36 years old in Gaza Strip (hanging to death). [ref]

Albert Forster

German politician (nsdap), mdr, gauleiter of the nsdap and reich governor in danzig (1902–1952).

Born July 26th, 1902 in Fürth.

Died February 28th, 1952 at 49 years old in Warsaw (hanging to death).

Wanda Klaff

Nazi concentration camp guard (1922–1946).

Born March 6th, 1922 in Gdańsk.

Died July 4th, 1946 at 24 years old in Gdańsk (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).

Martin Gottfried Weiss

German ss officer, concentration camp commandant (1905-1946).

Born June 3rd, 1905 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.

Died May 29th, 1946 at 40 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging to death).

Olga Hepnarová

Czechoslovakian mass murderer (1951-1975).

Born June 30th, 1951 in Prague.

Died March 12th, 1975 at 23 years old in Pankrác Prison (hanging to death).

Kenji Doihara

Japanese general (1883–1948).

Born August 8th, 1883 in Okayama.

Died December 23rd, 1948 at 65 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging to death).

Saeed Hanaei

Iranian murderer (1962–2002).

Born April 5th, 1962 in Iran.

Died April 8th, 2002 at 40 years old in Mashhad (hanging to death).

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