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

The train plunged into the river Bagmati while it was crossing a bridge. Probable cause of the accident was a brake failure while trying to avoid hitting a water buffalo.
(6 June 1981)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3362 births, 3913 deaths, 1121 murders, 494 disasters and 2074 other events about 5715 people in 6417 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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KZ Auschwitz-Birkenau

Birkenau, Małopolska, Poland.

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Saturday 4th of May 1940 (x) — SS-Obersturmbannführer and longest serving commandant of Auschwitz-KZ Rudolf Höss is installed
Tuesday 1st of December 1942 (x) — The first transport of jews arrives
Sunday 9th of August 1942 (-) — Martyr and saint of the Catholic Church Edith Stein dies in the gas chambers
Saturday 27th of January 1945 (x) — The 322nd Rifle Division of the Russian Red Army liberates the Auschwitz concentration camp
The soldiers found 7.500 prisoners alive and over 600 corpses. Among items found by the Soviet soldiers were 370.000 men's suits, 837.000 women's garments, and 7.7 tonnes of human hair.
Wednesday 16th of April 1947 (-) — SS-Obersturmbannführer and longest serving commandant of Auschwitz-KZ Rudolf Höss is executed by hanging
Höss was hanged on a short drop gallows constructed specifically for that purpose, at the location of the camp Gestapo.