Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Staumühle in der Senne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany || Civil Internment Camp No. 5

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

Lawson, strapped into a wooden chair and wearing only white boxer shorts, a diaper and socks, began yelling after his executioners placed a leather mask over his face. His words were not clear through the double-paned windows of the death chamber but he seemed to scream "I'm human! I'm human!" as the airtight door to the room was clamped shut.
(15 June 1994)

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Civil Internment Camp No. 5

Staumühle in der Senne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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