Deaths by...
514 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Hermann Höfle
Coordinator of operation reinhard (1911-1962).
Born June 19th, 1911 in Salzburg.
Died August 21st, 1962 at 51 years old in Vienna (hanging to death). [ref]
Erwin Planck
German politician (1893-1945).
Born March 12th, 1893 in Charlottenburg.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 51 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Silas Weir Mitchell
American physician (1829–1914).
Born February 15th, 1829 in Philadelphia.
Died January 4th, 1914 at 84 years old in Philadelphia (hanging to death).
Shahram Amiri
Nuclear scientist (1977–2016).
Born November 8th, 1977 in Kermanshah.
Died August 3rd, 2016 at 38 years old in Tehran (hanging to death). [ref]
Mona Mahmudnizhad
Iranian baha'i (1965–1983).
Born September 10th, 1965 in Aden.
Died June 18th, 1983 at 17 years old in Shiraz (hanging to death).
Sergey Akhromeyev
Soviet marshal (1923–1991).
Born May 5th, 1923 in Vindrey.
Died August 24th, 1991 at 68 years old in Moscow (hanging to death).
Rayhaneh Jabbari
Iranian who executed.
Born November 5th, 1987 in Tehran.
Died October 25th, 2014 at 26 years old in Tehran, Gohardasht Prison (hanging to death). [ref]
Willi Münzenberg
German politician (1889-1940).
Born August 14th, 1889 in Erfurt. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1940 at 51 years old in Saint-Marcellin (hanging to death).
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke
German resistance fighter (1907–1945).
Born March 11th, 1907 in Krzyżowa.
Died January 23rd, 1945 at 37 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Kodela Siva Prasad Rao
Indian politician.
Died September 16th, 2019 at 72 years old (hanging to death).
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