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Transfer to Katanga Custody

Republic of the Congo · Government / Government of the Congo. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1961

Patrice Emery Lumumba17 January 1961

Elisabethville · Government / Government of the Congo

Is transferred to Katanga, where he is placed in the custody of political enemies before his execution.

Names involved

Patrice Emery Lumumba

Provenance

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