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Deputy Mayor Ernst Kurt Lisso and his family after committing self-murder by cyanide to avoid capture by US troops, 1945

1945-04-18 · Leipzig · Germany

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Deputy Mayor Ernst Kurt Lisso and his family after committing self-murder by cyanide to avoid capture by US troops, 1945

Deputy Mayor Dr. jur. Ernst Kurt Lisso, his wife Renate Stephanie, in chair, and their daughter Regina Lisso after committing self slaughter by cyanide in the Leipzig New Town Hall to avoid capture by US troops. April 18, 1945

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