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He lied his way into the hangman’s job. He botched executions. He smiled as men struggled for life at the end of a rope. At Nuremberg, John C. Woods became infamous for delivering slow and agonizing deaths to Nazi war criminals. But who was he—and why did he take pleasure in killing? 🎥 Learn more about executioner John C. Woods on World History TV, in the film ‘The Hangman of Nuremberg: John C. Woods’ 👉LINK in BIO 👈 #NurembergTrials #WW2 #WWII #HistoryDocumentary #DarkHistory

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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.

The Hangman of Nuremberg - John C. Woods and His Deadly Rope

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