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255 Notable deaths
by hanging
Tron
German hacker and phreaker.
Born June 8th, 1972 in West Berlin.
Died October 17th, 1998 at 26 years old in Neukölln (hanging).
Sergei Bunyachenko
Red army officer defector and nazi collaborator (1902–1946).
Born October 5th, 1902 in Korovyakovka.
Died August 1st, 1946 at 43 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Helmuth von Pannwitz
German general (1898-1947).
Born October 14th, 1898 in Bodzanowice.
Died January 16th, 1947 at 48 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Harro Schulze-Boysen
German officer, commentator, and german resistance fighter.
Born September 2nd, 1909 in Kiel.
Died December 22nd, 1942 at 33 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Pál Maléter
Hungarian soldier, minister of defence (1917-1958).
Born September 4th, 1917 in Prešov.
Died June 16th, 1958 at 40 years old in Budapest (hanging).
Alfred Delp
German jesuit priest, and philosopher of the german resistance (1907-1945).
Born September 15th, 1907 in Mannheim.
Died February 2nd, 1945 at 37 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
Ludwig Fischer
Sa officer (1905-1947); governor of warsaw district.
Born April 16th, 1905 in Kaiserslautern.
Died March 8th, 1947 at 41 years old in Warsaw (hanging).
Ruhollah Zam
Iranian activist and journalist (1978-2020).
Born July 27th, 1978 in Tehran.
Died December 12th, 2020 at 42 years old in Tehran (hanging). [ref]
Claus Schilling
German physician hanged for unethical medical experiments under fascism in germany and italy (1871-1946).
Born July 5th, 1871 in Munich.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 74 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging).
Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorf
German politician (1896-1944).
Born October 14th, 1896 in Merseburg.
Died August 15th, 1944 at 47 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
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