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22nd March 1621: Hugo Grotius escapes prison by hiding in a book chest

  • 22nd March 2021
  • Tagged as: Calvinism, Coup, Escape, Law, Netherlands, Prison, Protestantism, Religion, Treason

On the 22nd March 1621, Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius – also known as Hugo de Groot – escaped imprisonment in Loevestein Castle concealed inside a book chest.

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20th December 1924: Adolf Hitler released from Landsberg Prison

  • 20th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Bavaria, Churchill, Criminal, Germany, Hitler, Landsberg, Mein Kampf, Nazi, Prison, Treason

In November 1923 Hitler was imprisoned after he led a failed coup against the Weimar Government by trying to seize power in the Bavarian city of Munich.

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22nd July 1992: Pablo Escobar escapes from the luxury La Catedral prison

  • 22nd July 2019
  • Tagged as: cocaine, Columbia, Drugs, Escape, Pablo Escobar, Prison, Smuggling, USA

Referred to mockingly as ‘Hotel Escobar’, the prison was staffed by guards chosen by the drugs lord himself.

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10th May 1941: Rudolf Hess secretly flies to Scotland to seek peace

  • 10th May 2019
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Britain, Crime, Germany, Nazi, Prison, Scotland, Second World War

On the 10th May 1941 Deputy Fuhrer of the German Party, Rudolf Hess, flew from Germany to Scotland on a mission to strike a peace deal with the British government.

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4th May 1932: Al Capone imprisoned for income tax evasion

  • 4th May 2019
  • Tagged as: America, Crime, Gangster, Prison, Tax, USA

On the 4th May 1932, Al Capone began life as a convict in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.

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1st April 1924: Hitler found guilty of treason for the Beer Hall Putsch

  • 1st April 2019
  • Tagged as: Criminal, Germany, Hitler, Nazi, Prison, Republic, Revolution, Treason, Weimar

On the 1st April 1924, Adolf Hitler was found guilty of treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch and sentenced to five years in jail.

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