Štefan Lux

Journalist, film director (1887-1936) · Czechia · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1888 to 1936 · aged 47

Štefan Lux was a Slovak Jewish journalist, and a Czechoslovak citizen who committed suicide in the general assembly of the League of Nations during its session on 3 July 1936.

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He shot himself in order to alert the world leaders of the rising dangers of German authoritarianism, expansionism, antisemitism, and militarism, hoping this would inspire the international community to take collective action against Nazi Germany.

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