Kurt Gustav Wilckens
Kurt Gustav Wilckens (November 3, 1886 – June 15, 1923) was a German anarchist, known in Argentina for having avenged the massacre of hundreds of workers on strike in the repression unleashed by the Argentine government in response to the prolonged Patagonia rebelde labor uprising. Wilckens assassinated Lieutenant Colonel Héctor Benigno Varela, the military leader in charge of the brutal repression. He was arrested and imprisoned for this assassination, and while incarcerated, he was assassinated by , member of the nationalist paramilitary group Argentine Patriotic League. References * Osvaldo Bayer, ''Los anarquistas expropiadores, Simón Radowitzky y otros ensayos''. Galerna, Buenos Aires, 1974. * Osvaldo Bayer Osvaldo Bayer (18 February 1927 – 24 December 2018) was an Argentine writer and journalist. He lived in Buenos Aires. In 1974, during the presidency of Isabel Perón, he went into exile, residing in Linz am Rhein, Germany, throughout the Natio ..., ''La Pa ...
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Bad Bramstedt
Bad Bramstedt () is a municipality in the district of Segeberg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approximately 40 km north of Hamburg. It is famous for its statue of Roland and its rheumatism clinic. Geography and transport Bad Bramstedt lies 49 kilometers southwest of Kiel, 54 kilometers west of Lübeck, and 40 kilometers north of Hamburg on the historical Hærvejen, Ox Road. The Altona-Kieler Chaussee (L318/L319) passes through the town. This about 94 kilometer-long ''Landstraße'' (state road) was built between 1830 and 1832. The confluence of the Osterau (Bramau), Osterau and Hudau rivers, which come together to form the Bramau, is found in Bad Bramstedt. Notable residents * Oskar Alexander (1881–1942), founder of the rheumatism clinic in Bad Bramstedt. Murdered in Sachsenhausen concentration camp for being of Jewish descent. * Fabian Boll (born 1979), German footballer and Kriminaloberkommissar (police official) * William Crane (1902–1979), surgeon gen ...
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