00:00In the early morning hours of the 16th of October 1946, Woods carried out the executions
00:06of ten Nazi criminals in the gymnasium of the Nuremberg prison.
00:11There were strong indications that Woods intentionally miscalculated the length of the ropes, causing
00:16several of the convicted Nazis to suffer a slow, painful suffocation instead of the intended
00:21quick death by neck break, as regulations required.
00:26In some cases, their death struggles continued for nearly half an hour, and were reported
00:31to be deeply disturbing for those present.
00:34Moreover, the trap door was too small, causing some of the executed men to suffer bloody head
00:39injuries, including broken noses as they fell.
00:44Although the US Army denied any wrongdoing, photographs of some of the deceased, such as
00:49former Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel clearly displayed
00:55batted and bloody faces.
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