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38th year  -  N° 337                 Sunday, 3 December 2023         Antwerpen		
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Mass murderer
Szilveszter Matuska
aka The Orient-Express Wrecker


  • 29 January 1892 (+) is born in Csantavér, Serbia.

  • 1 January 1931 (x) attempts to derail the Vienna-Passau Express D-train in Ansbach, Germany.

  • 8 August 1931 (x) places a bomb on the Basel-Berlin Express D-train track in Jüterbog, Germany.

  • 13 September 1931 (x) 24 people die and 120 others are injured in a bomb-attack and subsequent derailment of the Nachtschnellzuges Budapest–Wien by Matuska in Biatorbágy, Hungary.

  • 10 October 1931 (x) is arrested in Wien, Austria.

  • 20 November 1934 (x) is sentenced to death in Wien, Austria.


  • More info on Wikipedia