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A man crushed poison glass with his teeth rather than return to Germany

A man crushed poison glass with his teeth rather than return to Germany

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A man who survived a world war and British prison chooses a glass phial of prussic acid over returning home to Germany. What would you do?

A man crushed poison glass with his teeth rather than return to Germany

This episode explores the life of Hermann Görtz, a decorated soldier and doctor of international law, who made a desperate choice rather than face repatriation. It delves into the events that led him to this moment, and the complex motivations behind his final act.

Person: Hermann Görtz
Date: May 23, 1947
Location: Dublin Castle, Ireland
Age: 56
Means: Prussic acid

- Hermann Görtz was born in Lübeck in 1890 and served on the Eastern Front in Class War I, earning the Iron Cross First Class.
- After the war, he joined the Freikorps before earning a doctorate in international law and visiting Ireland in 1927.
- In 1935, while working for German intelligence in Britain, he was arrested for espionage after a landlady's misunderstanding about a motorbike led police to discover secret documents.
- He served four years in Maidstone Prison, was released in 1939, and then parachuted into Ballivor, County Meath, Ireland, in 1940 with £20,000 in cash for a mission.
- Görtz spent nineteen months as a fugitive in Ireland, moving between at least twelve verified addresses, relying on the trust of those who harbored him.

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