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514 Notable deaths
by hanging to death
Anton Thumann
Ss officer (1912-1946).
Born October 31st, 1912 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 33 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Werner Heyde
Ss officer and psychiatrist (1902-1964).
Born April 25th, 1902 in Forst (Lausitz).
Died February 13th, 1964 at 61 years old in Butzbach (hanging to death).
Karl Rahm
Nazi concentration camp commandant (1907–1947).
Born April 2nd, 1907 in Klosterneuburg.
Died April 30th, 1947 at 40 years old in Litoměřice (hanging to death).
Richard Hildebrandt
Ss general (1897-1952).
Born March 13th, 1897 in Worms. [ref]
Died March 10th, 1951 at 53 years old in Bydgoszcz (hanging to death).
Jürgen Wagner
German ss brigade leader, major general of the waffen-ss and war criminal (1901–1947).
Born September 9th, 1901 in Strasbourg.
Died June 27th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).
Jens Bjørneboe
Norwegian writer (1920–1976).
Born October 3rd, 1920 in Kristiansand.
Died May 9th, 1976 at 55 years old in Eikvold (hanging to death).
Julius Leber
German politician of the spd and member of the german resistance against the nazi régime (1891-1945).
Born November 16th, 1891 in Biesheim.
Died January 5th, 1945 at 53 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death).
Peter Yorck von Wartenburg
German resistance fighter (1904-1944).
Born November 13th, 1904 in Oleśnica Mała.
Died September 8th, 1944 at 39 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging to death). [ref]
Romuald Traugutt
Polish general and war hero (1826-1864).
Born January 16th, 1826 in Šastakova.
Died August 5th, 1864 at 38 years old in Warsaw (hanging to death).
Évariste Kimba
Congolese politician (1926-1966).
Born July 16th, 1926 in Bukama Territory.
Died June 1st, 1966 at 39 years old in Kinshasa (hanging to death).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde