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Shirō Ishii

Japanese microbiologist and war criminal, director of unit 731.

Born June 25th, 1892 in Shibayama.

Died October 9th, 1959 at 67 years old in Tokyo (cancer).

Occupations
microbiologist, physician, torturer, war criminal
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer