Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 20 September 1945

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

Denke was arrested after attacking Vincenz Oliver with a hackblade during dinner. When police searched his house at Teichstraße 10, they found drums with salted meat and written notes about 20 years of murder and cannibalism.
(22 December 1924)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 20th of September 1945 79 years ago
SS-Standortarzt at Auschwitz KZ Eduard Wirths commits suicide by hanging in his cell at the age of 36 in Civil Internment Camp No. 5, Staumühle in der Senne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Wirth was found hanging in his cell but still alive a few days before, he nevertheless died of his injuries.