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Marinus van der Lubbe

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The Resume

    (January 13, 1909-January 10, 1934)
    Born in Leiden, Netherlands
    Accused of setting fire to the German Reichstag (Parliament) building (February 27, 1933)
    Convicted and executed

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a Communist.
    He was arrested at the Dutch-German border for selling illegal postcards (1931).
    He was sentenced to three months in jail for breaking the windows of the Bureau of Aid for the Unemployed in Leiden (1932).
    He tried burning down a number of buildings in the days before the Reichstag fire.
    Hitler and the Nazis exploited the Reichstag fire to consolidate their power over Germany.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was almost blinded when lime got into his eyes at work (1926).
    Claims that he was mentally retarded are based on propaganda spread by the Dutch Communist party to distance themselves from him.
    Several historians think the Gestapo helped set and spread the Reichstag fire.
    He was tortured into giving a confession and was obviously drugged during his trial.
    He was guillotined three days before his 25th birthday.
    He was formally pardoned by a German court that ruled a death sentence in a politically-motivated case in Nazi Germany was inherently unjust (2008).

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 170 Votes: 65.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 137 Votes: 54.01% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 32 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 82 Votes: 71.95% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 122 Votes: 59.02% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 39 Votes: 61.54% Annoying