Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 18 July 1947

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I made a metal mask which was fixed to my head. While Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven read a text about willpower, I pulled myself forward with the mask by a rope. The sound of my breathing was electronically amplified through a throat-microphone.
(16 March 1987)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 18th of July 1947 79 years, 6 months and 18 days ago
53-year-old Nazi leader and Stellvertreter des Führers Rudolf Hess is transported with six other Nazi leaders by aircraft to the Allied military prison in Kriegsverbrechergefängnis, Spandau, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.