Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 August 1937

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Barber's final meal request was for a western omelet, loaded hash browns, spicy sausage and toast and other breakfast fixings.
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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 20th of August 1937 87 years ago
37-year-old Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler inaugurates the Konzentrationslager in KZ Buchenwald, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany. The camp was to be named K. L. Ettersberg but this was changed to Buchenwald since Ettersberg carried too many associations with Goethe. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenwald_concentration_camp