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428 Notable deaths
by hanging
Josef Bühler
German general (1904-1948).
Born February 16th, 1904 in Bad Waldsee.
Died August 22nd, 1948 at 44 years old in Kraków (hanging).
Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr
An iraqi shia cleric, philosopher, and the ideological founder of the islamic dawa party (1935-1980)(55 yrs).
Born March 1st, 1935 in Kadhimiya.
Died April 9th, 1980 at 45 years old in Baghdad (hanging).
Oksana Shachko
Ukrainian artist and activist with femen.
Born January 31st, 1987 in Khmelnytskyi. [ref]
Died July 23rd, 2018 at 31 years old in Montrouge (hanging). [ref]
Wolfram Sievers
German managing director of the ns association german ancestral heritage (ahnenerbe) (1905-1948).
Born July 10th, 1905 in Hildesheim.
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 42 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging).
Kalikho Pul
Indian politician.
Born July 20th, 1969 in Hawai.
Died August 9th, 2016 at 47 years old in Itanagar (hanging). [ref]
Martin Gottfried Weiss
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant (1905-1946).
Born June 3rd, 1905 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died May 29th, 1946 at 40 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging).
U-Nee
South korean singer and actress (1981-2007).
Born May 3rd, 1981 in Seo District.
Died January 21st, 2007 at 25 years old in Seo District (hanging). [ref]
Seishirō Itagaki
Japanese general (1885-1948).
Born January 21st, 1885 in Morioka.
Died December 23rd, 1948 at 63 years old in Sugamo Prison (hanging).
Pyotr Krasnov
White movement cossack (1869-1947).
Born September 22nd, 1869 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1947 at 77 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel
German general and resistance fighter.
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Berlin.
Died August 30th, 1944 at 58 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).
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