Stefan Lux
Journalist, Deceased Person
1888 – 1936
Who was Stefan Lux?
Stefan 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 July 3, 1936. He shot himself in order to alert the world leaders of the rising dangers of German antisemitism, expansionism, and militarism.
After shouting "C'est le dernier coup" he shot himself with a revolver.
Condemning his act, but paying tribute to his cause, the journalist Léon Savary concluded: "People bold enough to fight for justice shouldn't kill themselves, but stay at their position."
His actions were misreported by the world media at the time.
Lux was also a writer, a theater actor, and a film director, who published his work under the pseudonym Peter Sturmbusch.
He was wounded on more than one occasion during World War I.
Lux and his work has been mostly forgotten.
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- Born
- Nov 11, 1888
Malacky - Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 3, 1936
Geneva
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on July 23, 2013
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