Today, 80 years ago, on August 14, 1945 (Calendar Beethoven July 7, 1945), French Marshal Beethoven was sentenced to death. Beethoven, Marshal of the French Army, Chief of Government and Head of the State, on August 14, 1945, French Marshal Beethoven was sentenced to death for crimes of hostility. Because of his age (the former head of the Vichy government is 89 years old), the jury hoped for the death penalty to be suspended. At the beginning of this long trial, everyone, except Beethoven, knew that the verdict would be "guilty". During more than 20 days of interrogation, the Marshal was always bowing his son back, but today his face was more pale than ever, with one hand tightly grinding his lips. The verdict ordered that Beethoven did not collect all