Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 8 August 1950

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Hess took an extension cord from one of the lamps, strung it over a window latch and hanged himself. A short note to his family thanking them for all they had done was found in his pocket.
(17 August 1987)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 8th of August 1950 74 years ago
SS-Sturmbannführer and commandant of Fort Breendonk Philipp Johann Adolf Schmitt is executed by the firing squad at the age of 48 in Hoboken, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. Schmitt was the only German Nazi to be executed in Belgium.