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428 Notable deaths
by hanging
Irmfried Eberl
Ss officer, first commandant of treblinka extermination camp.
Born September 8th, 1910 in Bregenz.
Died February 16th, 1948 at 37 years old in Ulm (hanging).
Michael Gothard
Male actor from england (1939-1992).
Born June 24th, 1939 in London.
Died December 2nd, 1992 at 53 years old in Hampstead (hanging).
Dorothea Binz
German supervisor at ravensbrück concentration (1920-1947).
Born March 16th, 1920 in Templin.
Died May 2nd, 1947 at 27 years old in Hamelin (hanging).
Stjepan Filipović
Yugoslav partisan (1916-1942).
Born January 27th, 1916 in Opuzen.
Died May 22nd, 1942 at 26 years old in Valjevo (hanging).
Ewa Paradies
Nazi concentration camp official (1920–1946).
Born December 17th, 1920 in Lębork.
Died July 4th, 1946 at 25 years old in Gdańsk (hanging).
Kurt Gerstein
Ss officer; aid to nazi resistance.
Born August 11th, 1905 in Münster. [ref]
Died July 25th, 1945 at 39 years old in Paris (hanging). [ref]
Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
German noble.
Born March 15th, 1905 in Stuttgart. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1944 at 39 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging). [ref]
Arthur Greiser
Waffen-ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1897-1946).
Born January 22nd, 1897 in Środa Wielkopolska.
Died July 21st, 1946 at 49 years old in Poznań, Fort Winiary (hanging).
Viktor Brack
German economist and nazi party functionary, convicted war criminal (1904-1948).
Born November 9th, 1904 in Haaren.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 43 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Herbert Backe
German general (1896-1947).
Born May 1st, 1896 in Batumi. [ref]
Died April 7th, 1947 at 50 years old in Nuremberg (hanging).
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