Stefan Lux [SEP] place of death
Štefan Lux
Štefan Lux (November 11, 1888 Malacky – July 3, 1936 Geneva) was a Slovak Jewish journalist, and a Czechoslovak citizen, who committed suicide in the general assembly of the League of Nations during its session on July 3, 1936. He shot himself in order to alert the world leaders of the rising dangers of German antisemitism, expansionism, and militarism.
After shouting "C'est le dernier coup" ("This is the final blow"), he shot himself with a revolver.
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- "Der Opfertod von Genf : die Tat des Stephan Lux vor der Völkerbundsversammlung" in the "Israelitische Wochenblatt für die Schweiz" July 10, 1936.
- Arnold Hahn : "Vor den Augen der Welt ! Warum starb Stefan Lux ? Sein Leben, seine Tat, seine Briefe" (Prag : Verlag der Cechoslovakisches Liga gegen den Antisemitismus, 1936).
- Stefan Lux : "Porqué se mató el