Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France || Prison de Fresnes

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Doctor Wells conducted a medical exam on Himmler and attempted to examine the inside of Himmler's mouth but the prisoner was reluctant to open it and jerked his head away. Himmler then bit into a hidden cyanide pill and collapsed onto the floor.
(23 May 1945)

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Prison de Fresnes

Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France.

Related events:

Thursday 13th of January 1944 (x) — Doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot is released from prison by the French Gestapo.
Petiot paid a bond of 100.000 Francs for his release.
Monday 15th of October 1945 (-) — French politician and collaborator Pierre Laval is executed by the firing squad.
On the morning of his execution Laval attempted to cheat the firing squad by taking poison from a vial stitched inside the lining of his jacket. The poison was so old that it was ineffective and repeated stomach-pumpings revived Laval.
Sunday 16th of April 1989 (-) — Serial killer Thierry Paulin dies of AIDS.
Paulin was hospitalized in a state of near-paralysis, suffering from both tuberculosis and meningitis.
Wednesday 17th of July 1996 (-) — Nazi collaborator Paul Touvier dies of prostate cancer.