00:00On the 12th of October 1945, the American military tribunal found General Dossler guilty of war
00:06crimes and sentenced him to be shot to death by musketry. Anton Dossler was 54 years old when
00:13shortly after sunrise on the 1st of December 1945, the prisoner guard delivered him to the
00:19execution party. The officer in charge then read aloud the charge, the finding, and the sentence
00:25and granted Dossler a brief moment with a Roman Catholic chaplain. Afterward, things moved quickly.
00:33Three soldiers tied him to a post with his hands behind his back. Next, a medical officer placed a
00:38black hood over Dossler's head and attached a 4-inch wide target over his heart. After a 12-man firing
00:46squad took their positions from a distance of 50 feet from Dossler, the officer in charge gave the
00:51command to fire. After the shots rang out in unison, Dossler's body slumped forward, dead.
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