Deaths by...
514 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Ben Pollack
American musician (1903-1971).
Born June 22nd, 1903 in Chicago.
Died June 7th, 1971 at 67 years old in Palm Springs (hanging to death).
Sajida Mubarak Atrous al-Rishawi
Iraqi murderer.
Born March 1st, 1970 in Ramadi.
Died February 4th, 2015 at 44 years old in Swaqa prison (hanging to death).
Hans Bernd von Haeften
German jurist and resistance fighter against nazism (1905–1944).
Born December 18th, 1905 in Charlottenburg.
Died August 15th, 1944 at 38 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Marcin Wrona
Polish film director.
Born March 25th, 1973 in Tarnów.
Died September 18th, 2015 at 42 years old in Gdynia (hanging to death). [ref]
Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg
German diplomat who served as the last german ambassador to the soviet union before operation barbarossa.
Born November 20th, 1875 in Kemberg.
Died November 10th, 1944 at 68 years old in Berlin, Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Herbert Selpin
German film director (1904–1942).
Born May 29th, 1904 in Berlin.
Died August 1st, 1942 at 38 years old in Berlin (hanging to death).
Joachim Mrugowsky
German physician, ss officer, chief of hygiene institute of the waffen-ss and convicted war criminal (1905-1948).
Born August 15th, 1905 in Rathenow.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg am Lech, Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Shūsui Kōtoku
Japanese anarchist (1871–1911).
Born November 5th, 1871 in Nakamura.
Died January 24th, 1911 at 39 years old in Ichigaya Prison (hanging to death).
Ludwig Kübler
German general (1889–1947).
Born September 2nd, 1889 in Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln.
Died August 18th, 1947 at 57 years old in Ljubljana (hanging to death).
Johanna Bormann
German nazi concentration camp guard (1893–1945).
Born September 10th, 1893 in Birkenfelde.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 52 years old in Hamelin Prison (hanging to death).
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