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Peruggia wanted to bring the painting back for display in Italy "after it was stolen by Napoleon". After keeping the painting hidden in a trunk in his apartment for two years Peruggia returned to Italy with it. He kept it in his apartment in Firenze but grew impatient and was finally caught when he contacted Alfredo Geri, the owner of an art gallery in Firenze, Italy.
(21 August 1911)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

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Michaeliskirche

Michaeliskirchhof 9, Zeitz, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

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Sunday 22nd of August 1976 (-) — Lutheran pastor Oskar Brüsewitz dies of of his severe burns due to his self-immolation on 18 August 1976 in front of his church.
On the day of his protest suicide Brüsewitz carried pamphlets accusing the communists of repression. "Funkspruch an alle: Die Kirche in der DDR klagt den Kommunismus an! Wegen Unterdrückung in Schulen an Kindern und Jugendlichen."