Everybody liked him and Sylvia as well. Trotsky was ill, suffering from high blood pressure, and not expecting to live much longer. About 5pm on August 20th Mercader arrived at the house with his raincoat over his left arm tucked firmly against his body. He went upstairs to see Trotsky in his study. He grappled with Mercader and bit his hand and then staggered out of the room. Natalia had heard Trotsky cry out and ran upstairs to find him with his face covered in blood. Trotsky was taken to hospital in a coma and died there at 7.
After a funeral procession attended by huge crowds, he was buried in the garden at the house on the Avenida Viena. Natalia made sure there were always fresh flowers on his grave. She lived on until The grave is marked by a tall concrete pillar engraved with his name and a hammer and sickle. Mercader at first did not reveal his true identity to the police. A man works in the garden of the House Museum of Russian revolutionary, political theorist and politician Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution, in the Coyoacan neighborhood of Mexico City, on August 10, View of bullet holes -- from an earlier assassination attempt -- on the bedroom wall of Russian revolutionary, political theorist and politician Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution, at his House Museum in the Coyoacan neighborhood of Mexico City, on August 10, Newsletter email address Get it By signing up, you agree to the terms.
View of bullet holes — from an earlier assassination attempt — on the bedroom wall of Russian revolutionary, political theorist and politician Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the Russian Revolution, at his House Museum in the Coyoacan neighborhood of Mexico City, on August 10, View comments Hide comments.
Stay updated. If Mercader was going to escape after killing Trotsky, the guards in the tower would have to let him out. A pistol would clearly not work in that case, and a dagger could not be guaranteed to kill Trotsky outright. The axe is now among 5, artefacts that Melton is pledging to the International Spy Museum from his collection, which also includes a British one-man submarine used in second world war raids, and one of the plates used by the Nazis to forge perfect pound notes.
According to Melton, none of his treasures has quite the eerie presence of the ice axe. After letting Mercader into his study, Trotsky sat down to read his article, and the assassin attacked. Trotsky let out a long scream and fought with his assailant until the guards arrived. Even in a moment like that he was worried about me. Trotsky died of his wounds a little over 24 hours later in hospital.
Mercader was put on trial and imprisoned for nearly 20 years. During his time in jail, his Soviet handlers ensured he was as comfortable as possible, sending money each week and even arranging a girlfriend for him: a Mexican starlet called Roquella, who became his wife and accompanied him to Moscow after his release. Mercader died of cancer in Cuba in , with Roquella by his side.
I hear the scream. Bloodstained ice axe used to kill Trotsky emerges after decades in the shadows. Trotsky and his wife Natalia in
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