At least four separate witnesses for the prosecution testified that they had seen Koch choose tattooed prisoners, who were then killed, or had seen or been involved in the process of making human-skin lampshades from tattooed skin. However, this charge was dropped by the prosecution when they could not prove lampshades or any other items were actually made from human skin. (15 January 1951)
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Wednesday 6th of December 1961 (-) — Revolutionary philosopher and psychiatrist Frantz Fanon dies of leukemia. Fanon's body was moved to a martyrs' chouhada graveyard at Ain Kerma in eastern Algeria.