Fifteen escapees were captured on the first day, including four who were discovered hiding underwater in a river near the prison using reeds to breathe. (25 September 1983)
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Wednesday 15th of January 1919 (-) — Revolutionary socialist and founder of the Spartacist Rote Fahne Karl Liebknecht is shot in the back by members of the Freikorps' Garde-Kavallerie-Schützendivision 43-year-old Otto Runge, 30-year-old Kurt Vogel and 25-year-old Hermann Souchon. Official declarations said Liebknecht had been shot in an attempt to escape.