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15 Notable deaths
by execution by shooting
Patrice Lumumba
Prime minister (1960 to 1961) of the democratic republic of the congo.
Born July 2nd, 1925 in Katakokombe. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1961 at 35 years old in Katanga Province (execution by shooting). [ref]
Witold Pilecki
Polish underground resistance soldier, world war ii concentration camp resistance leader (1901-1948).
Born May 13th, 1901 in Vilnius, Olonets. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1948 at 47 years old in Warsaw (execution by shooting). [ref]
Josef Blösche
Ss soldier (1912-1969), war criminal.
Born February 12th, 1912 in Frýdlant.
Died July 29th, 1969 at 57 years old in Leipzig (execution by shooting).
Chen Gongbo
Chinese politician (1892–1946).
Born October 19th, 1892 in Guangzhou.
Died June 3rd, 1946 at 53 years old in Suzhou (execution by shooting).
Gorazd
Czechoslovak evangelic priest and theologist.
Born May 26th, 1879 in Hrubá Vrbka.
Died September 4th, 1942 at 63 years old in Prague (execution by shooting). [ref]
Werner Teske
Stasi colonel, executed for treason.
Born April 24th, 1942 in Berlin.
Died June 26th, 1981 at 39 years old in Leipzig (execution by shooting).
Vlas Chubar
Soviet politician (1891-1939).
Born February 22nd, 1891 in Fedorivka. [ref]
Died February 26th, 1939 at 48 years old in Moscow (execution by shooting).
Ramiro Ledesma Ramos
Spanish author (1905-1936).
Born May 23rd, 1905 in Alfaraz de Sayago. [ref]
Died October 29th, 1936 at 31 years old in Aravaca (execution by shooting). [ref]
Arndt Pekurinen
Finnish pacifist.
Born August 29th, 1905 in Juva.
Died November 5th, 1941 at 36 years old in Kalevalsky District (execution by shooting).
Eero Haapalainen
Finnish politician.
Born October 27th, 1880 in Kuopio.
Died November 27th, 1937 at 57 years old in Petrozavodsk, Sulazhgora (execution by shooting).
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir