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Execution of Izchok Malmed
Izchok Malmed was hanged in the square and later re-hanged after the rope broke.
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... The next morning, Izchok Malmed, a hero of the
ghetto, was hanged in the square where he had per-
formed his act of courage. Despite the horrible torture
to which he had been subjected, Malmed cursed the
Nazi murderers. After several minutes of hanging on
the gallows, the rope broke and the body fell to the
earth. Instantaneously, the Nazis riddled Malmed’s
corpse with bullets and rehanged the body for another
forty-eight hours. ...Connected nodes