Yesterday or today, 70 years ago, one of the greatest German chess players of all time fell in the last days of the madness brought upon Germany and the world by the nazi regime, the World War II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klaus_Junge&oldid=641422473
If Germany ever could have had a world champion after Lasker again, Junge would have without a doubt been a contestant.
His gravestone can be seen here:
http://www.kwabc.org/archive/Home/graeber_02.htm
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