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Old 11-24-09, 06:20 AM   #2
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from the Wikipedia page on Luth.

"The British Forces had occupied Flensburg on 5 May 1945, though initially nothing changed in the daily routine at the Naval Academy Mürwik. On the night of 13 to 14 May 1945 Lüth was shot in the head by 18 year-old Matrose Mathias Gottlob, a German sentry at the Flensburg-Mürwik Naval Academy, when he failed to respond to the sentry's challenge. The password of the day was "Tannenberg". Whether he deliberately failed to respond or if the guard simply did not hear his response, is unknown."

and look at all that detail! I like it!

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