Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 April 1947

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

The building was caught in a full hit by a V2 during the showing of Cecil B DeMille's ‘The Plainsman’ starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur.
(16 December 1944)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Wednesday 16th of April 1947 79 years, 1 months and 23 days ago
SS-Obersturmbannführer and longest serving commandant of Auschwitz-KZ Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss is executed by hanging at the age of 46 in KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau, Birkenau, Małopolska, Poland. Höss was hanged on a short drop gallows constructed specifically for that purpose, at the location of the camp Gestapo.