Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 5 April 1945

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

With Tim Vanhamel I made a Noise performance about ‘Thaipoosam’, a Hindi religious festival I attended in the Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
(31 August 2005)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 5th of April 1945 81 years, 1 months and 14 days ago
SS Standartenführer Karl-Otto Koch is executed by the firing squad at the age of 48 in KZ Buchenwald, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany. Koch was sentenced to death for disgracing both himself and the SS. He was the husband of Ilse Koch.