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This caused their people and their language to be endangered. There were only 101 Moriori people left out of 2000 who had survived in 1863. [337] 95% of the Moriori population was eradicated by the invasion from Taranaki, a group of people from the Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama iwi. [338] [339] All were enslaved and many were cannibalised. [340]
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...
Oskar Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – c. 7 June 1945) was a German SS commander and habitual offender, [1] convicted for rape of children and other crimes. [2] He is known for committing numerous war crimes and atrocities in German-occupied territories during World War II.
However, there is very little information about Renczi and her crimes, because personal information (criminal history, academic records, etc.) were not cataloged as well as they are today, making some criminologists believe she was a figure of Romanian folklore, rather than an actual person. [38] Fernando Hernández Leyva Mexico: 1982–1999: ...
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Commander of the Ypatingasis būrys killing squad, which was largely responsible for the Ponary massacre where approximately 100,000 people were shot, including 70,000 Jews. Arrested in 1949; sentenced to life imprisonment in 1950; sentence suspended in 1971 and revoked in 1977; died in 1984 Eduard Roschmann: November 25, 1908: August 8, 1977
Foster was the first person to be executed inside of North Carolina's gas chamber. It took him 10 minutes to lose consciousness. As he was being gassed, he cried out "Save me, Joe Louis! Save me, Joe Louis!" His eyes visibly showed signs of suffering and his head rolled back while he was asphyxiating in the hydrocyanic gas. Before losing ...