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Schmitt was tried in August 1949 for his role in the deaths of 83 inmates at
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in 1925 but let his membership lapse in 1926. In
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Pirard, Claude - "Description et analyse de la gestion nazie au
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Schmitt was sentenced to death on 25 November 1949. On 8 August 1950, Schmitt was executed by firing squad in
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at 6 a.m. He was the last person to be executed in
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practices, for which he was formally reprimanded by
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263:(in French). Bruxelles: Éditions Racine.
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