The BOTCHED Executions Of The Nuremberg Trials

Following the Second World War, many concentration camps such as Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz were liberated. Those men who liberated the camps of the Holocaust would discover the true horrors of the Nazi Regime and Adolf Hitler's Third Reich. After World War 2 was over in Europe, the Allies sought to hold those criminals responsible for their crimes against humanity. At the Nuremberg Trials, a number of defendants including Hermann Goring, Rudolf Hess and Joachim von Ribbentrop were placed on trial.
After the verdicts, 11 men including Goring were sentenced to death and were to be executed. The US Army would perform the Nuremberg executions inside the gymnasium of Nuremberg prison, and the execution would be John C Woods. Woods has attracted much criticism over the decades and the executions did not go as planned. Many of the executions took a long time to occur, for example Wilhelm Keitel's took almost 30 minutes. Another issue was that when the condemned fell, their heads were hit by the trapdoor causing further injury.
The executions of the Nuremberg Trial although botched were justice for many after the Second World War. Those remaining members of the Nazi hierarchy were placed on trial for their crimes and then met their fate at the hangman's noose. The condemned were; Hermann Goring (who would escape execution) Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl and Arthur Seyss-Inquart.
So join us today as we look at 'The BOTCHED Executions Of The Nuremberg Trials.'
Thanks for watching! Support the channel by subscribing, liking, and sharing.
Follow me on Twitter: / theuntoldpast
Follow me on Instagram: theuntoldpast
Disclaimer: All opinions and comment stated below in the Comments section do not represent the opinion of TheUntoldPast. All opinions and comments and dialogue should discuss the video above in a historical manner.
TheUntoldPast does not accept any racism, profanity, insults, sexism or any negative discussion aimed at an individual. TheUntoldPast has the right to delete any comment with this content inside it and also ban the user from the channel.
Music - I Am A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honour - Chris Zabriskie.

[@stephenmurray2867]

Pierrepoint was a perfectionist and prided himself on the fact that no one hanged by him was alive after 15 seconds. The people in charge were aware of this and chose to put a novice in charge of the executions hoping he would make these men suffer before they died. For many survivors and the family's of the dead these men died too quickly.

[@cragjones1799]

do you have evidence of this claim?

[@garethflower3403]

Having hanged several US soldiers at the US military jail in Shepton Mallet. The Americans who were in charge of the Nuremberg executions were well aware of his professionalism. His services were offered, but declined in favour of someone who had never hanged anyone. Make up your own mind.

[@JesterEric]

The Russians wanted a short drop to cause maximum suffering. The British wanted their long variable drop for instant death. The compromise was the American standard 5ft drop with a normal rope which could be instant death or could cause much suffering depending on neck strength and were the rope was placed

[@harrietharlow9929]

Pierrepoint was also a professional and not a sadist. it sounds as if Woods was. Looking at his picture, he is missing a few screws. But sadist or merely incompetent, the hangings were unforgivably botched. If I had to die by hanging and had my choice of executioner, I would take Pierrepoint.

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

@@harrietharlow9929 yeah, Woods didn’t seem like a great guy. He was also discharged from his previous role and lied his way to executioner. He died in his 30’s from an accidental electric shock, so Darwinism took care of him

[@leovids9353]

So he was hired specifically because he had a history of botched executions. That's fascinating.

[@colleta2400]

This is not accurate. He lied about being an executioner he never made it that far. He was present for an execution in Texas when the state was introduced to Ole Sparky they decided to "Fry em over high em" which in Texas meant they were going to put the criminal to the electric chair instead of hanging him. Apparently the case was famous and because he was in the picture the military took at face value he was an executioner.

[@londonbowcat1]

2:10 the names

[@mus139]

Brilliant.

[@EyeLean5280]

I'm also wondering how accidental those botched executions really were. But to be honest, I'm not all that broken up about it.

[@paulscottrobson]

They weren't accidental so much as incompetence. There had been concerns about Thomas Woods before the Nuremburg executions, and the American system in general.

[@robertf3479]

Obviously the U.S. Army wasn't overly concerned about it, Woods was allowed to continue with all ten after the second proved the first was no accident. If I recall correctly, Woods received no blowback from his 'incompetence.'

[@stischer47]

@@samkangal8428 If today's criminals had done what the Nazis had done, then what happened to the Nazis would be perfect for them.

[@tonypepperoni3679]

@@stischer47 it's already happening, they're called Democrats.

[@paulstefanovich5217]

Hope they botch the executions of the criminals responsible for the Coronavirus fraud

[@rooster3265]

My father was a US soldier in WWII and was involved in the liberation of one of the death camps. He lived the rest of his life firmly believing these Nazi’s got off far too easy.

[@thescribe6111]

Would that include the work camps where the allies had bombed the rail network & water supplies allowing prisoners to starve & catch typhoid?

[@dareal5401]

@@thescribe6111 or the americans letting the worst war criminals go free in exchange for the test info from unit 731? Or all the nazi scientist to help them get to the moon in operation paperclip and start nasa?

[@morningstar92]

@@thescribe6111 explain why the guards were fat and why they. Didn't die of typhus?

[@thescribe6111]

@@morningstar92 Citation? Who said any didn't? Another human soap & lampshade straw man. How about you tell me why so many children survived the camps when according to folklore all kids were automatically murdered on arrival?

[@jackmclane1826]

What some of these monsters have done can hardly be retaliated. Slowly dieing from an "accidentally" botched hanging over 15 minutes is pretty much all you can do without becoming a monster yourselves.

[@ubb262s]

Woods said in an interview, " I murdered those nazis" he was not qualified to be an executioner, but that being said I have no sympathy for those monsters , what few minutes of suffering they endured ,is nothing to the millions who suffered because of them and the thousands who were responsible, may they all roast in Hell

[@mwbright]

Not being qualified was the best qualification ever.

[@justinhealey2408]

@@mwbright hey ur cute😍

[@mwbright]

@@justinhealey2408 Thank you daddy. I know.

[@seanchaney3086]

Justice is not entertainment...

[@ubb262s]

@@seanchaney3086 sorry to say , in this case , I'd enjoy the show

[@jamesglass4842]

I wouldn’t be surprised if it all occurred on purpose.

[@Status1985Quo]

@UC_9PWiyBArbhROkmbLYXAcQ By that opinion you are validating the actions of war criminals as they too used perverted reasoning to justify their crimes. These people were sentenced to death, not to torture and death. Becoming like these people for the sake of vengeance makes you no better than them.

[@shubr66]

Oh shut up Status you ponce

[@N1611n]

Thank you John Woods.

[@mikearmbruster2171]

Oops

[@raygiordano1045]

Whoopsie

[@xSUBIACOx]

"IS HE DEAD YET?" "NO." "CUP OF TEA?" "AYE! GO ON THEN."

[@jude839]

Love it !!!!!!!!

[@Tlyna1952]

He was known to botch executions before this so I imagine whoever chose him to do these fully expected him to do the same to these subhumans. Unfortunately I can't feel any sympathy for Nazis executed by him but I have a lot for those who suffered by their actions.

[@truckerfromreno]

Of course they did. If they wanted professional hangings they would have used Albert Pierpoint.

[@VinnyUnion]

"subhuman" oh there it begins and it's 2020s

[@Tlyna1952]

@@VinnyUnion Anyone who acted like those criminals did are subhuman

[@VinnyUnion]

@@Tlyna1952 oh, yes, totally different view/philosophy from nazis to the jewish. Meh. You can justify your view as much as you'd like but you're not much different in that regard. We (the more civlized people) see the problem head on, criminals. Mere humans with twisted idealogies. They're nothing more special than that to be in their own categories. Just like how a small child messing up and we as the parents look down on them in disappointment. If you really wanted to label anyone as subhumans, it would be the japanese. They were as tribal as it gets. Slaughtering and eating people with their own hands like ancient humans and in a way animals. Revering a leader (mere human) as a God is beyond 20st century. Sorry not sorry, but the nazis were too "civlized" and throughoutly planned to be realistically called a "subhuman". It's just your immature mental capacity projecting your hatred onto a obvious evil-intended activists organization. I get your intent clearly. Though it's time to face things head on as they are. Labeling around as if it's the 1600s is too narrow minded considering our advanced education.

[@Tlyna1952]

@@VinnyUnion You are truly a disgusting person and your own excuses are hollow and worthless.

[@kevins2033]

When he said “Sometimes it’d take 10-20 minutes for them to die” I cracked a smile.

[@Veckoza]

You should never aim to be as dark as your enemies.

[@denny414]

@@Veckoza simp

[@Veckoza]

@@denny414 It's embarrassing you don't even know how to correctly use that meme.

[@denny414]

@@Veckoza your simping for Nazis

[@Veckoza]

@@denny414 Well that's a fucking reach. I'm not "simping" for Nazis. I'm saying that you should never aim to be as evil as they are. Taking pleasure in a horrific death of an enemy 100% leads a soul to not mind committing atrocities. There's a reason why chemical warfare is banned from war; the agonizingly slow and painful death chemical gas can cause is seen as inhumane to all nations. To take pleasure in subjecting someone to that type of death no matter what that person has done, shows a degree of darkness equivalent to the Nazi's themselves. I'm not saying I wouldn't have killed them. But it doesn't fill me with glee to think of anyone choking to death for 20 minutes. That is just a dark, dark thing to pleased about, no matter what.

[@autumncathedral]

This is totally disturbing and unacceptable that there is no information given as to whether the people assisting actually got their well deserved promotions. They just leave us hanging.

[@timesnewlogan2032]

Ayyyyyy!

[@marclaporte3710]

Does anybody feel bad that these men suffered during their final moments? I mean... they literally are responsible for setting in motion the deadliest conflict in human history and the misery and pain they caused will never come to full realization. Way to go Gallow man, Woods !

[@jonothandoeser]

No.

[@watchgoose]

Is that the kind of treatment you'd want for yourself? Don't accuse people of something and then show you have the same type of moral values.

[@clayjay88]

@@watchgoose are you serious?

[@jevinday]

nope, i don't feel bad for them at all.

[@rogercarroll2551]

@@watchgoose Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

[@williamegler8771]

I am German and am appalled by the crimes against humanity perpetrated by my forebears. Although some of the men executed had a " BOTCHED" execution their few moments of pain is nothing compared to what they inflicted on their victims. The monsters deserved the suffering they endured.

[@pinklady7184]

You are not responsible for your ancestors' crimes.

[@Jack-hg1hq]

@@pinklady7184 Tell that to blm

[@daleburrell6273]

...IT'S REALLY TOO BAD THAT HITLER AND HIS GANG DIDN'T SEEM TO GIVE ANY THOUGHT TO THE EFFECT THAT THEIR CRIMES WERE GONNA HAVE ON THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE-(!)

[@pinklady7184]

Me: "BLM, I am not responsible for African slavery or colonisation of African countries, because my white ancestors were never Americans or British." BLM: "Yes, you are...." Me: "You forget that my Irish ancestors were taken as slaves and that my country was invaded, pillaged and colonised." BLM: "That never happened.... blah ...blah ...blah..."

[@Jack-hg1hq]

@@pinklady7184 pretty much, my ancestors were white and British but were poor mill and trade workers who had zero connection with slavery and actually fought against the rich aristocracy. Yet I'm made to feel guilty for said aristocracies crimes.

[@LRBerry]

I have no sympathy for these horrid men. They got what they deserved.

[@GeistInTheMachine]

I'm glad to see murderous individuals get botched executions. Maybe that executioner knew what he was doing.

[@noname2490]

They did worse to many many others

[@twisted_nether373]

@@noname2490 Yes they did, but lowering yourself to their level isn't the way to fight them. The executioner only proved that he was a sadistic maniac, the very type of person they were executing. It's ironic, really. It's all fine as long as we do it to bad people? What kind sick morality is that?

[@davidhollenshead4892]

Or his commanding officer did: So who is the most incompetent executioner we have ??? No not Feilding, he usually makes their heads pop off with a very long drop... Ah yes, Sgt Woods, the one that makes em kick & gurgle even after you explained the formula to him... Woods would be splendid, Thanks...

[@eligoldstein1324]

@@twisted_nether373 If you think that torturing and murdering 6 million innocent people is on the same level as botching an execution of the men responsible for the atrocity then your morals are messed up. Killing innocent people is objectively worse than killing people guilty of murder, much less killing people guilty of genocide.

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

How does lowering yourself to the war criminals level of sadistic desire make you morally superior? Don’t become the monster you hate. Executions are supposed to be quick and painless. The executioner was a clumsy fool who got himself killed just a couple years later from being dumb around electricity.

[@kariarabellalassauniere402]

Those weren't botched executions, indeed the executions were far to humane.

[@francisphillips53]

Amen..

[@triciajohansen3027]

Agree!

[@gabrielleconway5219]

Clearly if you want revenge the more painful the punishment (clearly not a swift efficient hanging) the better however I thought we were fighting on the side of humanity for an equal and respected mankind.Not the mess ups of John C.Woods (read his outstanding military service).At least Mr Pierrepoint offed them quickly as per his instructions.

[@gabrielleconway5219]

Outstanding Military Service ?????? Clearly you have not studied this gentleman's miltary service ( and I use the term service loosely!!!) Please read up. Oh and before you start slagging off my wife I am using her site not because of cowardice but I cannot be arsed to deal with ill-informed historical inaccuracy and she sensibly deletes all crap.Deep respects perhaps or not at all to anyone who believes this person served his country well as opposed to those who have fought alongside and sacrificed themselves, including our sons and daughters upon the alter of freedom.Simon now awaiting a drone hit from someone who will take issue with me but you will have to hurry because I have a death sentence courtesy of nature (yes HOORAAH)

[@dicknixon2763]

I sincerely hope he did bitch them on purpose and it'd been even better if he cud have included Stalin as he killed more of his own people than the entire rest of the war did. An insane ego maniac we shoulda killed when we had the chance.

[@BA-gn3qb]

If they're dead, then the executions weren't botched

[@DaveGIS123]

Exactly. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[@oldcremona]

No, that’s not true. The reason for a just, humane execution is to underscore the rejection of barbarism by civilized people. If we reject that, then we might as well burn our enemies at the stake. That’s not how civilized, progressive nations are supposed to behave. The executioner has a responsibility for a quick, humane execution.

[@JohnDoe-bc8wu]

Could have just pitched them in a oven or a hole & shot I believe they got off easy.

[@lloydnaylor6113]

If they suffered during their executions oh dear how sad , never fucking mind.

[@cmdrrgh]

@@oldcremona For what they did I like your stake idea

[@dudleydowrong6095]

Novice, poorly trained, bottom of the class executioners sounds like the perfect ones for this job to me

[@WillyEckaslike]

shouldnt we be executing the people who ordered the dropping of A bombs or 3 days of firestorm bombing of Dresden?...total 500k deaths...no they are heroes because they are on your side......go read a book on critical thinking..u need it

[@kimberpas2907]

@@WillyEckaslike and in turn, you need to watch hours upon hours of the conditions and mass murder of millions of innocent people in those death camps and slums! Those men who took cyanide were/are cowards and they knew that their crimes were 100% inhuman. War is Hell but this war was simply mass murder due to hatred and racism.

[@kimberpas2907]

@@WillyEckaslike W-T-A-F? You’re one of those Holocaust deniers aren’t you? Get a grip.

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@kimberpas2907 US politics and most other western poltics are just a dog and pony show...democracy died decades ago......as to the word dee nigh er....its a clever word that was chosen to make people like u thing that people like me deny what we all see in images and video..well i dont dny it...what u dont understand is the way its presented and the narration is all designed to see it in a certain way...they dont call it TV programing for nothing

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@kimberpas2907 these places were work and internment camps..did u know that the US did the same to 120k Japanese people living in the US?...the Germans documented 270K deaths in those camps..isnt that enough for u?...have u ever noticed that in the cremat o reeams they used single berth units?...if the Germans who invented the V1 and 2 rockets and fighter jet were klling millions they would have used a blast furnace to get rd of the bodies...the maths done by revizhinists calculated that using coal fired 1920s technology that is alleged the Gns would have still been burning bodies into the 1970s

[@krisushi1]

Of course these executions were botched on purpose! I have absolutely no sympathy whatsoever for these torturous murders and they didn't suffer enough in my opinion. What right does evil such as this have to a dignified death!!!

[@josuetsang5042]

It was botched, and it was done right at the same time.

[@kingming9712]

Same

[@LtJackboot]

Agreed.

[@khuret1773]

Lots and lots of Japanese War criminals got away clean

[@andrewallen9993]

@Marty Genesis How dare the RAF and Th airforce drop incendiary bombs on Her an cities copied from the German incendiarys dropped on Guernica and Warsaw by the Luftwaffe.

[@GavTatu]

as Battery Sergeant Major Williams said "Oh dear, how sad, never mind".......

[@paganhawkthornheart1394]

Lovely boy!

[@rwood87]

Did he say that when sparky zapped Sgt Woods?

[@Sierrahtl]

Brilliant

[@davidhollenshead4892]

So who is the most incompetent executioner we have ??? No not Feilding, he usually makes their heads pop off with a very long drop... Ah yes, Sgt Woods, the one that makes em kick & gurgle even after you explained the formula to him... Woods would be splendid, Thanks...

[@rwood87]

@@davidhollenshead4892 The Sgt likes the bolts.

[@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738]

In my opinion a botched execution is one where the condemned failed to die

[@conveyor2]

Your opinion is wrong and not worth much.

[@adamford7808]

The irony is that I could imagine Hitler or Stalin saying the same thing. Just to be clear, I'm glad they suffered, and I hope they were in immense pain. But your general statement is nonsense.

[@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738]

@@adamford7808 I'm sure that you consider yourself to be a reasonably intelligent person, however, from my POV you seem to lack understanding of the word "botched", it basically means the same as "failure" ergo, a failed execution results in the lack of termination of life; I hope you learned from this interaction

[@chiefo7631]

@@battleshipnewjerseysailor4738 Trust me it's you who lack understanding

[@ajacobs100]

This is exactly what i thought

[@cathydoyle8804]

Once again, thank you for your hard work on your history channel..

[@manasseskamau5327]

Wouldn’t you congratulate Sergeant Woods for execution well botched 😇

[@DomPatek]

So Speer, an armaments minister who intimately collaborated with Himmler and used his slave labour, walked free after 20 years, yet Hess, who wasn't even present when gassings started and risked his own life to deliver peace proposals to the British, got life imprisonment, was kept entirely alone in Spandau prison and allegedly committed suicide while, by all accounts, being so infirm and decrepit that he couldn't even lift his arms above his head. The whole thing smells like absolute horse shit. I can't wrap my head around the fact that some, who were present throughout the war, were either released or imprisoned for 10-20 years, yet Hess, who was absent, had to endure such a harsh punishment.

[@abdirahmanidris290]

The allies were bizzare in how they dealt with war criminals. At times, they were harsh and other times they let war criminals go free in echange for scientific information.

[@davidgonzales6821]

Those monsters strangled slowly instead of instantaneously dying? GEE, THAT'S TOUGH!!! They got off far too easily!!!

[@PD-yd3fr]

They were sentenced to death, not to torture

[@jerrytheracecardriver1100]

@@PD-yd3fr that's the problem. they should've been sentenced to torture.

[@Buttefliesandrainbows]

@@PD-yd3fr these were monsters. They deserved torture

[@PD-yd3fr]

@@Buttefliesandrainbows I don't want thee State to do torture again, because it will be used on innocent people as well

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

Execution isn’t about torture, nor should it. It’s about ending the life, quick and painless. Don’t become the monster you’re executing.

[@comcastjohn]

I think that top dog hired Woods on purpose to make them suffer.

[@UnCannyValley67]

I certainly hope so!

[@markpaul8178]

@@UnCannyValley67 hahaha,good 1.

[@michaelgreene7385]

And.. it couldn't have happened to better people.....

[@sr9587]

Excellent best justice ever. I mean they were next level monsters

[@tamsmith291]

Yes! I am thankful you have chosen to cover this!

[@mrhamburger6936]

Mark Felton has a better video of this he's on KZbin

[@tamsmith291]

@@mrhamburger6936 I will be sure to check that out, thank you!

[@Scroticus_Maximus]

Long excruciating death. Yeah, what's your point? The more brutal the better. Thank you John Woods.

[@cmdrrgh]

@@sumdewd Now that’s a great idea

[@Bootmahoy88]

Very fitting. Amon Goth wasn't dropped at all. He had a stool kicked out from under him. It took a very long time for him to die in utter agony. Very good.

[@Scroticus_Maximus]

@@sumdewd we should have just handed them over to the Russians. They would have been more than happy to dispense some instant Justice.

[@Subgunman]

They say God has a way with dealing with those who are of great evil. Those were not botched executions but the wrath of God befalling these criminals.

[@MrVandj1]

Gods not real

[@Schubert958]

Damn right

[@wildterriers]

There’s no such thing as a “botched” execution of a Nazis. The more cruel - the better.

[@annoyboyPictures]

So True... they should have been PUBLICLY TORTURED and HANGED for all to see... If the Death Penalty is supposed to be a Deterrent, then carrying it out in some sealed off basement where no one sees it means it will never frighten anyone else who ay be thinking of doing the same thing in the future.

[@roxannamorris6431]

Hell yes!

[@maureentuohy9423]

I can't say I will waste any tears over these “botched executions.” What goes around...

[@smitajky]

Perhaps people who support zionism should read your words carefully.

[@77chevy4x4]

So does every city with violence today.. what’s the excuse now !?

[@smokingindoors7625]

So would you like to torture them?

[@jerrytheracecardriver1100]

@@smokingindoors7625 ahem... yes.

[@slatsgrobneck7515]

@@jerrytheracecardriver1100 ahh, the secret to be a very happy and successful man

[@gaskan666]

These where not BOTCHED. Fate made them pay.

[@Bootmahoy88]

Very fitting. Amon Goth wasn't dropped at all. He had a stool kicked out from under him. It took a very long time for him to die in utter agony. Very good.

[@H1Hummer]

Well that was definitely a feel-good story! Thanks for posting.

[@Bootmahoy88]

Very fitting. Amon Goth wasn't dropped at all. He had a stool kicked out from under him. It took a very long time for him to die in utter agony. Very good.

[@morganalabeille5004]

John C Woods is one of those guys where you learn about his life story, look up his picture, and he looks exactly what you expected him to look like

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

Fitting end to his life too. Accidentally electrocuted himself in his 30’s.

[@edwardjohn1614]

"Execution" is defined as "the carrying out of a sentence of death on a condemned person". By that definition the executions went "swimmingly" because they all definitely died...👍

[@terrydouglas5008]

You can't accidentally make the trapdoor too small and the rope too short. The manual was correct.

[@terrydouglas5008]

@Skylab 5691 if you believe him, he intentionally made the rope too short and door too small. No one is going to feel sorry for top Nazis.

[@christinaweinmangeriatrics1689]

Thank you so much for this. I love history and your one of my favorite.

[@blarfroer8066]

I don't think anyone feels sympathy for these guys.

[@TK2692]

This is youtube, so give it time before the fascist apologists appear in droves.

[@hanajinks1044]

@@TK2692 Nazi's are different to Fascists and are both Socialists.

[@TK2692]

@@hanajinks1044 What the hell are you talking about? Everything you just said is wrong.

[@hanajinks1044]

@@TK2692 Oh really. Then please do expand on how you think I'm wrong.

[@TK2692]

@@hanajinks1044 1. Nazis are indeed fascists, although not all fascists are Nazis. 2. Neither Nazis nor fascists are Socialists, nor are they even close on the political spectrum. Fascists are extreme right wing and Socialists are left wing, and Socialists are always among the most hated enemies of Fascists.

[@perry1154]

The suffering caused by these condemned men n women makes me think why are we so bothered they only suffered a fraction compared to there victim's thank you jonh c woods

[@theamazingyoutubewatchergu6838]

He knew exactly what he was doing, and good for him.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

They deserved to kick & gurgle for a while...

[@basedlog4324]

The dude was an 80 IQ psychopath. Executing men far smarter and braver than him. He fucked up executions in the US military too

[@PodcastCentral333]

@@basedlog4324 lol Nazis were cowards, and so are you.

[@basedlog4324]

@@PodcastCentral333 you can call the nazis many things, but to say they were cowards is insane. Most fought in ww1 with distinction... Hitler himself was awarded the iron cross for capturing 8 men by himself with a pistol,.. if that's not bravery in a fucking world War then you're dumb af

[@pleasuretokill]

@@basedlog4324 Those scumbag Nazis had an even lower IQ after a few minutes of oxygen not getting to their brain at the end of that rope. My only issue is that he killed them too quick.

[@billparker244]

I would have put the most incompetent officer in charge of the executions too. Sometimes you specifically don't want a job well done.

[@moreglutesmoredudes9974]

@Read Father Seraphim Rose Are you saying the Nazis deserved a quick death?

[@albertarthurparsnips5141]

@Read Father Seraphim Rose Firstly, a few things you wrote are, frankly, wrong. Cross examinations of witnesses, such as Field Marshal Paulus certainly were performed by the Defence legal representatives. This can be seen online. Secondly, in my humble opinion this hideous gaggle of mass-murderers, misfits, perverts, utter madmen, and destroyers of a continent ( and more ) were blooming well lucky they were not simply shot en masse and chucked into a sewerage processing plant.

[@marcks-3980]

@@albertarthurparsnips5141 You're going to rely on Paulus of all people, who was brainwashed by the Soviets? That's not a convincing cross examination when it very easily could be done under duress or under the influence of Soviet misinformation. Are you a Communist sympathizer/apologist or something?

[@miketedder1079]

Albert Pierrepoint would have dispatched the whole lot in 30 minutes or less.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Well, the Brits did have a rule for "hanging time." I think they had to let the body hang for 30 minutes. It's in one of the Pierrepoint videos on KZbin.

[@miketedder1079]

@@yepiratesworkshop7997 Saw it. And I think you are right, but it was almost always unnecessary. His efficiency was chilling.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@miketedder1079 True. If you were gonna' get hanged, he'd have been the guy you wanted to do it. I mean, you'd already be through the trap before it finally registered that "this is it." Also, I always thought the "big knot" (American style) was the best at breaking a neck. But, after studying Pierrepoint and the "British Method" a bit, I think the Brits had it all figured out with their noose, waxing the rope, the drop, etc. In America, I think most hanging were "hit or miss" on whether the condemned's neck was broken in the drop.

[@johnvanzyl2960]

You know this how? Evidence?

[@chuckrobinson599]

@@johnvanzyl2960 it's all out there. You just need to do a bit of reading. There was even an article in Popular Mechanics some years ago.

[@alannewman85]

You may call it a 'botched' execution. I never ever thought I'd say it, but, quite frankly, they deserved that and more. The saddest fact is hanging them doesn't even scratch the surface in terms of retribution needed. In all truth, I hope it hurt like hell.

[@mharris5047]

I hope we never have another war like WWII but if we do, I want the job of executing the enemy. To me when you are talking about the deaths of people like the Nazis the more painful and drawn out the execution, the better. I only wish Russia had got hold of Adolf alive, Stalin knew exactly how to deal with people like him.

[@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621]

No one deserves torture, even the worst people don’t. That’s not the point of execution.

[@thesailjunkie]

Forgive me if I don't feel bad for these animals.

[@largol33t1]

Please, they're not animals or people. They're much lower than that.

[@rossbrown6641]

Animals don't kill like Nazis!

[@MultiMoo20]

God forgive me, but it’s hard to feel sorry for these evil people...

[@russellzauner]

you're in luck, there is no god so it works out for everyone

[@1337fraggzb00N]

Deus vult!

[@johnmn3500]

Well, yeah..

[@helentelehowski679]

I can't feel any pity for Nazi and what did. They all deserved to suffer any and all torture they submitted the people to.

[@Bootmahoy88]

@@helentelehowski679 YES!!!!!!!!

[@chazsach6594]

Oh! dear.....How sad......Never mind.

[@seabrook1976]

So what you're saying is that everything went okay, considering the condemned and their crimes?

[@clarkhull7546]

Botched or not the end result was achieved. In this case the hell with dignity.

[@watchgoose]

Except this: the sentence was "death", NOT torture and humiliation. When we fall to those lows, we are not much different than those being executed. Take the high road, always.

[@Aenima308]

@@watchgoose no, nazis deserve to suffer

[@littledikkins2]

@@watchgoose Like they say, Karma is a bitch.

[@dm0065]

Yeah. It isnt right, but I'm not gonna lose a wink of sleep over these bastards.

[@notroll1279]

If you judge where and where not to grant dignity, you'll lose it as a whole.

[@paws057]

Botched? They all died so it worked! So the trap door hit some of them in the head, after all the pain and suffering these people caused it's pretty hard to feel bad for them!

[@manasseskamau5327]

I agree, it’d have been botched if they survived.

[@marcustuft5680]

Why tf did Nazis deserve an instant death? Make em suffer a few extra minutes

[@Halo17]

At least a couple @@marcustuft5680 of minutes, should be longer.

[@colgoochthemarine]

You had one of these monsters even in the execution room scream out his devotion to Hitler. I have no sympathy for these monsters who were responsible for the deaths and suffering of a whole continent.

[@sugarsammy7209]

Let's be real, these animals deserved FAR worse then what they got. They should've been happy and thanked everyone for what they got.

[@hannah.lindseyy]

I agree- death was too good for them.

[@larrywilson1783]

It's a shame that many of them didn't really suffer

[@winnifredforbes1114]

Poetic bloody justice!

[@melindaweasenforth1206]

You look so young but have an amazing eloquent speaking voice... I seem to gravitate towards your channels and I am 65 and prefer your voice to some of the other people who only speak in there videos... hugs Lynn Weasenforth 💯💜💛💙☮️ stay safe from the pandemic madness we are all going through... keep up your wonderful work as even at 65 I'm still learning way more than anything I ever learned from highschool and college

[@Sean-ce1hu]

You don’t look a day over 64.

[@FFLL2112]

The executions don’t seemed botched when the first took 14 mins, the second took 24 mins and they continued on status quo.. all good, carry on 💯

[@rossbrown6641]

Yeah, ideal to make them suffer interminably!

[@JasonFerguson1283]

Thanks for the video. It’s nice to know that these bastards went out slowly.

[@aethelwolfe3539]

This was such a boring method. They should have when more traditional theatrical and symbolic using swords.

[@londonbowcat1]

​@@aethelwolfe3539julius streicher

[@stevenheath741]

Woods is a legend... Well done

[@Bootmahoy88]

True!!!!

[@kimsullivan5576]

They couldn't have suffered enough for the souls that they destroyed. Justice ⚖️ was granted.

[@tonybamber1137]

Really? What about justice for those Vietnamese who were sprayed with Napalm? Could the people who did that suffer enough?

[@zolikoff]

If you think this way you are at risk of becoming evil yourself. I am not against death sentences, but the purpose is to remove an evil person from the world so that they may never commit acts of evil again. The purpose is not to "see them suffer" and take enjoyment for yourself. If you enjoy watching people suffer, no matter how evil they may have been, there is a problem with you as well.

[@MrBNARick]

@@tonybamber1137 That would be a different video on a different war.

[@swoosh4644]

War isn’t pretty. Every nation. Every single one throughout time have done horrific things. I’m sure your narrow mind gets hard bashing America. Educate yourself, you won’t sound so ignorant with a statement like that

[@kimsullivan5576]

@@zolikoff I respect your opinion. But after my recent visit to Auschwitz and to feel the heartbreak in the air, I know how I feel. Thank you, anyway. This tragedy was too unspeakable to ever understand. I'm grateful that my family wasn't there; my parents, children, or any family members.

[@bombsaway6340]

What makes you sure the “mistakes” were actually mistakes? Hatred by US forces of Germany was pretty intense after the war.

[@simonwest9450]

Woods was notorious for botching executions of US servicemen prior to Nuremburg. He lied about his experience as an executioner to get the job

[@rightwingreactionary]

@@simonwest9450 He was a psychopath. As stated even in this video.

[@rightwingreactionary]

@Tiberius I'mserious Indeed.

[@johngibson2884]

Especially SS by Americans . British were even more hostile and executed them in the field often

[@benmokurai8089]

"Before he became a hangman, he had no experience of the role". 😂

[@baddogarf]

So who needs experience....killing is no big deal!

[@Americandragonrider333.]

@@baddogarf to do it cleanly, yes you do. But Sociopaths would know that.

[@michaelgreene7385]

Loved it!!!!....

[@douglasturner6153]

Who says the executions were "botched"? One look at John Woods and his record tells you all you need to know and why he was selected. A good ol boy who liked his liqour. And guaranteed to foul up a job he didn't have the right experience for. (I wonder what his alcohol level was that night)

[@Bootmahoy88]

Very fitting. Amon Goth wasn't dropped at all. He had a stool kicked out from under him. It took a very long time for him to die in utter agony. Very good.

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@Bootmahoy88 u wouldnt be saying that if u knew the real truth about the war

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@henningfilms its like this..i have studied it in depth for 10 years including viewing lots of materials and resources that have been sense *or*d now..u on the other hand get ur truth from hollee wood and the histree channel which is controlled mainstrean PGander

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@henningfilms try going on social media and saying u dont worship at the temple pf cvid and see what happens...sense 0r sh1p is rife on here and the internet as a whole and the only way to get ur point over is to play silly games with the algorithms...but i am sure u knew this anyway

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@henningfilms truth is hay tt to those who hay tt the truth

[@norman102745]

The right ending for that lot. Well done.

[@weedonman]

I’m sure they must have seen the funny side as they were dangling around after the drop, after all there is a German word for this type of humour “Schadenfreude”.

[@daveroche6522]

Little fact: the English word for Schadenfreude is actually Epicaricacy. Just advisin'.

[@SGTSnakeUSMC]

The small drop hole and swinging door were a nice touch.

[@tonyburke9334]

Very good programme again, well done

[@tomantush4867]

Sometimes Justice demands the ugliness of Vengeance. If Sgt. Woods pulled down Streicher's legs it was an act of Mercy.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

Or to shut him up. The Nazi was probably trying to put on a show.

[@namor357]

That’s where the saying “pulling my leg” comes from.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@namor357 Well, first I think he pulled his finger...

[@WillyEckaslike]

Streicher never hurt anyone..he ran a newspaper and hated Jz

[@islandblind]

Another great video! I never grow tired of your content. Good job!

[@crusherolies8195]

for all the suffering they caused death was a free ride for them, they should have been made to suffer.

[@Liz_678]

After what they did to millions, not sorry!

[@jimatmile56]

It's kind of strange that Woods would die by electrocution just a few years after. Woods did a great job making them suffer, they deserved no less.

[@TrolleyDodger.]

jimatmile56... and it was a very freak accident. Though I don’t believe the two generals deserved to die and I think they both, posthumously, received new trials and were cleared.

[@hallucinatedovens8414]

you sound like the type who wouldve been a nazi yourself if you were a german in the 30s

[@henkvermeer8652]

karma?

[@maxm2656]

I watch the ads for this channel to make sure they can make some money. I love the content that much lol

[@stuartmcdicks4792]

I’ve got the world’s smallest violin and I’m playing it just for them

[@roseprevost8081]

I wouldn't have worried much about giving them dignity in death. After their crimes, it wouldn't be worth it.

[@franksarna6810]

thats right

[@jamiedalton2623]

@Antifederalist Oh, what 'truth' is that? Is it far right pseudo historical shite by any chance?

[@fouadmas5413]

Unfortunately, the survivors went to Palistine and persecuted the non Jewish population till this day

[@harbourdogNL]

@@fouadmas5413 Can't argue with that. And people like to forget, or aren't taught, that Menachem Begin and Ben Gurion et al were all terrorists as well, before they became politicians.

[@thomasm1964]

Can’t claim to be too upset if the mass murderers suffered a little bit.

[@torvilasulvstle362]

Well, let us not descend down to their level. To hang them is enough, not torture them.

[@j.r.8592]

They weren't botched🤣. Their executioner knew exactly what he was doing and I thank him for doing it!

[@muskokamike127]

If I was around at the time, that man would never have an empty glass in front of him.

[@MatthewHaydenRE]

Grim

[@richiehritz925]

John Woods was clueless and incompetent it was not purposely done. It was a show of unprofessionalism and Woods was embarrassed and joked about by other guards of the Nuremberg trials.

[@smokingindoors7625]

You sound like much better human than them.

[@darshansingh2358]

L

[@gooddad3575]

Why would you want them to have a quick death? I don't see this as a problem

[@cplcabs]

No point in hanging about when a job needs doing. 😁

[@davidanderson5960]

No quick deaths for these evil, twisted slime? Sounds like a "Win" to me!

[@creightonjason]

Agreed

[@PD-yd3fr]

They were sentenced to death, not torture, we are supposed to be better than that

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

Their first choice for executioner was Curly Howard but they decided he would be less incompetent than this Woods guy.

[@jaybee9269]

Hahahaha! You win the Interweb today.

[@Soothsayer_13]

Aint nobody gonna know who that is lol. I do at least.

[@mwblackbelt]

Omg!

[@mikefirkser8457]

Wise guy!!

[@frankwelch3594]

Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!!

[@theturquoisedream9244]

I found this immensely gratifying! Jolly good!😊

[@silentfades]

botched ? who cares ? LOL

[@ScottJB]

I count it as a plus!

[@Britton_Thompson]

That's an ignorant statement. For starters, the entire German public cared, and the Soviets used it to inflame hostilities against the West even more to claim more of Germany for the Communist East. The Allies had already lost the German public's support by prioritizing these long, drawn-out two year long trials instead of rebuilding the state infrastructure and clearing farmland to feed a starving nation. The German public ended up siding with the Soviet punishment of shooting them the way military executions are supposed to be done instead of milking Nuremberg for more PR the way the Allies did. Then when you add this shameless effort to further humiliate Germany by disfiguring the remains of the only previous administration the public knew, you risked losing your "bulwark against Communism" to being absorbed by the Soviet Union. Because these are no longer men at this point who are at Nuremberg. These are public officials. These are symbols of the German nation itself.

[@Britton_Thompson]

This guy is no hero. He didn't differentiate between friend and foe. He was a sadist who became an executioner because he was too afraid of combat. *Don't forget that this piece of shit killed waaaaay more Allied soldiers with botched executions during his service than he ever did Nazis.* He eagerly subjected American, British, and Canadian soldiers to the most horrific deaths just to feed his own sadism. He was unqualified for the job, and he lied to get it because he was too afraid of possibly losing his own life in combat, and he needed to feed his compulsion to torture. This man was a cowardly, abusive sadist with no redeeming qualities who was no different from the Nazis he killed at Nuremberg.

[@theliberalrepublican]

I heard the term "botched executions" many times, but as long as the condemned died, the execution was not botched.

[@meljrnone8608]

Exactly...the executions produced the desired effect...it killed those evil, murdering bastards. They got what they deserved...

[@WillyEckaslike]

so if he had been executing your father for a crime he had committed u would be happy with Woods doing it?...sadly critical thinking is so lacking in the people of today

[@theliberalrepublican]

@@WillyEckaslike Poor choice of examples, if he were executing my father I would be cheering him on. My trouble is the term "botched execution". The only botched execution is when the condemned person does not die. These were torture executions, not botched executions.

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@theliberalrepublican so would u agree that the correct term for how they died would be..tortured to death?.......most of these people were innocent of what they were accused of and were made an example of..all Julius Streicher did was run a newspaper and didnt like Jz...that was enough to get him tortured to death for 25 mins..who controls the media controls the mind and the people of tofay are only interested in having a full belly and a telly..the rest they will just accept what they are told...baa...baa...baa

[@charlesb1602]

​@@WillyEckaslike Being a nazi alone is crime worthy of death.

[@josh656]

Not losing any sleep over their suffering.

[@stevenlangdon-griffiths293]

Excellent work Mr. Woods

[@carloscarrillo6595]

I think they went out the easy way...! I personally would've make sure that they suffer the most pain and humiliation before they died.

[@jasoncarter4731]

Smoke breaks between execution. Awesome!!

[@shawnritzie9231]

A Couple good public hangings and firing squad executions here: kzbin.info/aero/PLstamcBT7yVKL0T9N9-PaBlLg2klxj_bH

[@dynamitedave1438]

Perripoint was a good excutioner 😆 The other guy , like his drink to much :-)

[@jon9021]

Yes, that does seem to be the case.

[@jacobfeuerwerker5498]

Pierpoint got him dead within 15 seconds after the drop. He was 100 kind to the 46 monsters he executed in Germany.

[@glennmorris371]

Our Albert was the gold star of hangmen.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@glennmorris371 Yes, he was! That buggar had it down to a very exact science -- from the moments before he popped through the door of the condemned's cell until he condemned's head disappeared down through the trapdoor. Extremely quick and very likely painless. Like they never knew what hit 'em.

[@blatherskite3009]

Yes, Pierrepoint took his job very seriously and really got his work down to a fine art. The 2005 biopic "Pierrepoint" starring Timothy Spall is a truly excellent film, btw. It's well-researched, sober, with great period detail, and Spall nails the role of Pierrepoint with the same precision that Pierrepoint nailed his own job.

[@cassidyforsstrom5105]

The only sad thing about the executions is that they can't be executed over and over again.

[@paulabes4220]

Wow this is really sad those poor men got hit on the head by the door and the other ones who died slowly I'm sure the hearts of any of their surviving went out to these injustices to these poor killers...

[@Mike-im5bo]

Hmm, sloppy executions ... or "accidentally on purpose" sloppy executions?

[@gemmalynn536]

justice

[@kerryclark4967]

As I said in an earlier comment, a Medieval Rack would've made a nice warm up fir the noose

[@EdgarStyles1234]

Why is it bad that they botched the executions, they should had fed the nazis to the lions

[@jacobfeuerwerker5498]

Corsican pigs, kill a lot slower.

[@BigDuke6ixx]

Wood did a great job.

[@maboleen_bolf]

He was chosen for the job because he was given the green light from the Military to facilitate the "botched" executions. Whatever the reasons, those that were executed, had an easier death than those they sent to death.

[@londonbowcat1]

6:00 Nat Turner

[@lynn0MA]

I don’t think “botched” is right word for all of these condemned.

[@dreamdancer8212]

It´s not about whether the condemned deserved a painful end. It is about whether the judging nations and people want to position themselves on the same level of cruelty and inhumanity as the condemned and have the executions being tainted by the methods they use. The whole purpose of the Nuremberg trials was to show that these people were criminals and were held responsible by a fair trial and thus establish an example for the future instead of simply taking revenge or do some victor´s justice. This target would of course be counteracted by purposefully botched execution methods to torture the condemned. When you sit in judgement on monsters you shoulld be careful that your own methods are unchallengeable.

[@daleburrell6273]

...AW, BULLSHIT!!!

[@dreamdancer8212]

@@daleburrell6273 Expected comments from expected people . . . .

[@daleburrell6273]

@@dreamdancer8212 ...SAVE YOUR COMPASSION FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN APPRECIATE IT-!!!

[@dreamdancer8212]

@@daleburrell6273 It´s not about compassion. That is what you do not understand. When you don´t respect the law how can you expect it from criminals. You have to keep up to higher standards than those who you condemn. You will never have justice when you allow ill-treatment of a prisoner in your custody. It would then be just revenge. I don´t have any compassion for any of these people

[@daleburrell6273]

@@dreamdancer8212 QUESTION: WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A CONSERVATIVE? ANSWER: A LIBERAL WHO WAS MUGGED THE DAY BEFORE!!! IT'S TOO BAD THAT YOU CAN'T TRY CONVINCING SOMEONE WHO WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST-(!)

[@thomasseery7570]

The name of the 80’s band Spandau Ballet comes from the name the Americans gave the dance that the Nuremberg Trial War Criminals made while being hanged.

[@BamBamBigelow..]

It is a macrabre sight, but a choking man does move the feet

[@Conanchicken]

That’s one theory because of Spandau Prison, but another theory suggests GIs would perform a macabre “ballet” when struck by rounds from an MG-34 which was made in...you guessed it...Spandau

[@thomasseery7570]

@@Conanchicken I have heard of that theory too and it’s a valid one.

[@mamag58]

And also Rudolf Hess, who is seen quite a lot in these clips spent all his life in Spandau prison until his death at age 93 by apparent self inflicted strangulation.

[@bigmartin]

It’s not

[@dangerouslytalented]

They weren’t botched, they deliberately chose the worst hangman they had

[@bazzer621]

Don't think that he botched the job ! I think taking 20 minutes to suffocate to death sounds like proper justice to me considering the crimes they had committed!

[@mikeforte7585]

U make a good point!

[@stephenbrough8132]

Thank you for making these videos.

[@artvandelay9374]

The executions weren’t botched with the exception of Goring. They were sentenced to die at the end of a rope and so they did…..

[@BoyScout1960]

Sure, but being slowly tortured to death wasn’t part of their sentence.

[@artvandelay9374]

@@BoyScout1960 apparently it was …..

[@francisebbecke2727]

Yes the executions were botched but this was a hard bunch to feel sorry for.

[@johngibson2884]

The comment section proves this .

[@colonelrobertshaw9170]

All WEF Politicians today deserve the same faith

[@luzalgarin9518]

Thank you so much for sharing with me an infamous fragment of the Hitler's Nazi horrendous regimen, via this document. It must be a very sad odyssey to recount it. The crimes and cruelties committed against my sons and daughters, my fathers and mothers, my brothers and sisters hurt me deeply, regardless their ethnicity and nationality. In Isaiah 2: 4, Jehovah God, the Creator and Source of life, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, promises: "He will be judge among the nations and will settle matters in relation to many peoples. They will turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. The nations will no longer raise their swords against each other and learn no more to wage war." My immediate neighbors are Jews and I am a Jehovah's Witness. Their hearts are superior than pure gold by far. They are extremely kind. The gentleman takes care of my trash can every Wednesday without my asking him to do so. They are lovely human beings, and they are not in need of the smallest improvement.

[@beccaboo3040]

Very interesting thanks 👍😁

[@TheUntoldPast]

Thank you Simon as always!