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Max Planck

Erwin (His son) was hanged

Tuesday Jan 23, 1945
Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Germany

In 1944, Planck's son Erwin was arrested by the Gestapo following the attempted assassination of Hitler in the 20 July plot. He was tried and sentenced to death by the People's Court in October 1944. Erwin was hanged at Berlin's Plötzensee Prison in January 1945. The death of his son destroyed much of Planck's will to live.


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