Template:Did you know nominations/Suicide by electrocution

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:57, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

Suicide by electrocution

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Electric fence at Auschwitz, 2009

... that while suicide by electrocution is usually very rare, it was one of the most common methods used in Nazi concentration camps due to the surrounding high-voltage electric fences (pictured)?

Source: "It was evident from the collected material that the most common, most numerous, and most easily available method of committing suicide in the concentration camp was 'flinging oneself onto the wires' (Polish pójście na druty or rzucenie się na druty). As noted below, this could be any form or style of contact with the electrified barbed wire surrounding the camp.", "Suicide in the Nazi concentration camps", Medical Review Auschwitz, 2017.

ALT1: ... that when women choose suicide by electrocution, they usually do it by dropping a plugged-in hair dryer in a bathtub they've immersed themselves in? Source: "There is preponderance of bathtub electrocution associated with females", "Suicidal electrocution: a report of three unusual cases", in Soudní Lékařství (2021)
ALT2: ... that deputy commandant Karl Fritzsch implored the first large group of prisoners shipped to Auschwitz in 1940 to "go straight into the wires" (pictured) if they didn't like conditions in the camp? Source: [1] Paywalled and in German
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Comment: My first DYK nomination in months. Yes, as the title should warn you, this material can be very triggering and disturbing, especially the source for ALT1, which has pictures you may not want to look at. If you're not ready for this emotionally, I strongly advise you to consider reviewing a different hook.

Moved to mainspace by Daniel Case (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 282 past nominations.

Daniel Case (talk) 04:24, 1 July 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Article moved to mainspace on June 30. All three hooks are interesting and cited. Nice work. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 00:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)