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429 Notable deaths
 by hanging

Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian writer.

Born October 3rd, 1920 in Kristiansand. [ref]

Died May 9th, 1976 at 55 years old in Eikvold (hanging). [ref]

Paul von Hase

German general.

Born July 24th, 1885 in Hanover.

Died August 8th, 1944 at 59 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).

Siegfried Seidl

Ss officer (1911-1947).

Born August 24th, 1911 in Tulln an der Donau.

Died February 4th, 1947 at 35 years old in Vienna (hanging).

Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg

German politician (1902-1944).

Born September 5th, 1902 in London.

Died August 10th, 1944 at 41 years old in Plötzensee Prison (hanging).

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).

Alexander Piorkowski

German nazi concentration camp commandant.

Born October 11th, 1904 in Bremen.

Died October 22nd, 1948 at 44 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging).

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).

Jürgen Wagner

Brigadeführer in the waffen ss during world war ii (1901–1947).

Born September 9th, 1901 in Strasbourg.

Died June 27th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging).

Siegfried Kasche

German politician (1903-1947).

Born June 18th, 1903 in Strausberg.

Died June 7th, 1947 at 43 years old in Zagreb (hanging).

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). [ref]

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