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This is the term they use in prison when someone gets hanged. There were many hangings in Berlin, in which the victims would twitch and jump at the end of a rope...hence, doing the "Spandau Ballet." Also, there were frequent suicides of Nazis being held for trial at the Spandau prison. A hanged person tends to jerk around and "dance" if the death is caused by strangulation (and not a snap) they say. As the years went by it progressed to floorless dance or waltz or the air rumba.
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