Why Did The Nuremberg Executions Go So Wrong?

At the end of the Second World War, the most high profile war crimes trials were the Nuremberg Trials that saw many former members of Hitler's government and cabinet sentenced to death. However the Nuremberg Executions did not go well, and they went horrifically wrong for a number of reasons. They are considered botched executions but why did they go wrong?
One huge reason was that John C Woods, the US executioner made a number of terrible mistakes that led to the prolonged suffering ordeal. But also the gallows itself that the executions were performed on were poorly made. This led to the Nuremberg Executions going very wrong.
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[@Spiderman-tg9ke]

I can’t help but wonder if the execution was taking so long on purpose

[@henryseidel5469]

Satisfying lower instincts.

[@kneel1]

"Whoops! (again) Dang-Nabbit!" x40

[@sroevukasroevuka]

Def

[@mikep9312]

Who's complaining?

[@Spiderman-tg9ke]

@@mikep9312 Certainly not me

[@aarongreenfield9038]

"This was not intended" Riiiiiiiight.

[@iancandler5446]

Im sorry but you’re wrong! Woods used the standard American noose with a 5ft drop, this is not a short drop but it’s also not a calculated drop like the British used. The main problem was woods himself who whether through lack of experience or a desire to cause intentional suffering to the condemned moved the knot of the noose so in stead of being under the left ear, where on dropping the man it would rotate under the chin, throwing the head violently back, dislocating the neck at the 3rd cervical vertebrae, severing the spinal cord and usually crushing the hydroid bone in the throat as well as rupturing and obstructing the carotid & jugular artery/viens, woods placed the knot at the back of the neck where when dropped it remained in place and threw the head forward onto the chest, the condemned would the slowly a strangle to death. As said it wasn’t the length of bother drop but the miss-placing of the knot that caused they and so many others suffering at the hand of woods.

[@willieckaslike]

Thank you for your detailed explanation. Whether or not this was intentional, we shall never know.

[@lorddaver5729]

​@@willieckaslike We do know. He admitted that it was his intention to knowingly cause unnecessary suffering.

[@willieckaslike]

@@lorddaver5729 Thank you. I was unaware of this.

[@rosesprog1722]

He was also declared to have mental difficulties. He also lied to hget the job, hoping he would get a promotion from it. Of course those who hired him also botched their assignment, if anyone intended to make the Germans suffer as much as possible, it would likely be those whyo let Woods mess it up without checking up on him.

[@richardjones3826]

Great account, i still think it was to quick for those murderes of countless millions

[@sid2112]

You know what they say, any execution you can't walk away from...

[@antonioquesada-castro4925]

to be fair, some of these guys had it comming a long way...

[@StanSterchak]

Oh no. What a tragedy.

[@andron2348]

You forgot to point out the executioner said "sorry" afterwards, also he failed to receive any complaints from his "German customers" so they must have been happy with his work

[@hiddendragon415]

Not one client asked for a refund.

[@PeterMuskrat6968]

@@hiddendragon415Now THAT is what I call good service.

[@4june9140]

🤣🤣

[@dezbell6109]

😅😅😅

[@dezbell6109]

😅😅😅

[@heskrthmatt]

“This was not intended by the Americans to happen.” You sure about that?

[@robertsteinbach7325]

Officially, Yes. Unofficially, I doubt it.

[@bryoncovell6325]

@@robertsteinbach7325 I agree. We had to have the world see it as a failure of one man (Woods), but in all reality, we intentionally sent in someone with zero qualifications. Why? To make the deaths as painful as humanly possible for people who absolutely deserved much more brutal ways to be executed. I think of the movie with Denzel Washington where his character said "my only regret is that I only get to kill you once". I believe that was the sentiment of the vast majority of the world towards those that caused such terror among innocent civilians.

[@762459]

John Woods: "Oh no, anyway"

[@cplcabs]

The fact that they didn't replace him after it was clear he was making a hash of things indicate it was intended to happen.

[@WillyEckaslike]

for americans replace with...sorry i am not allowed to name them

[@Narrowgaugefilms]

John C. Woods isn't really known for his competence. After his Gallows Days came to a close he became an electrician. -electrocuted himself! (Hey! -at least he was never a medic!)

[@DonAbrams-hq7ln]

I'd like to know which NEC CODE BOOK he was following......LOL

[@Nick-zo6uk]

He might have been looking forward to a job in the electric chair business 😅.

[@cordellscott]

Shocking news

[@tadebanjo]

Morbidly hilarious!

[@elultimo102]

@@cordellscott Hoisted by his own petard?

[@volairn70]

This tragedy ranks just below the time I lost the top scoop of ice cream because of the summer sun when I was four years old.

[@Nick-zo6uk]

😂😂😂

[@bernardbaudoin1573]

😂😂😂😂

[@chipschannel9494]

No, no, losing the ice cream , WAS a tragedy ,don’t play that down.

[@willemventer3935]

your answer says a lot about you as a human being..

[@volairn70]

@@willemventer3935 thanks.

[@MrBertruger]

If the trap door was so small they hit the sides on the way down, Do you really think Hermann Goering would be able to pass through the opening ?

[@benallen7704]

He had lost a lot of weight while in custody

[@Marc816]

Goering....5'10" & 265 pounds, according to Google.

[@stuart5811]

Goering was put on a 700 calorie a day diet

[@mcstabba]

@@Marc816 He lost his excess weight while in custody.

[@davy_K]

Goering had lost a pile of weight - he poisoned himself before he was hanged anyhow.

[@Willheheckaslike]

It is said that the American hangman deliberately did what he did order to make the accused suffer, as others had suffered at their hands. True or false ? I don't know.

[@ericklein5927]

Who cares.

[@helmandtigers]

Just as bad as the condemned then

[@outcast668]

False, he's just a glorified dumba**. He hung plenty of American Soldiers prior the same manner that didn't receive as much attention as these war criminals, and it wasn't like it was anything special by how the victims of the condemned were hung/executed (many of the victims were even buried in shallow graves alive after a botched shooting); except for the fact these were high profile criminals. Many of the Nazi prison guards were also hung in the same manner, minus the drop; they were loaded up on a truck, tied to a post then pushed off the truck and forgotten except by the undertaker and spectators who either wanted to bury them or watch them slowly die. Life was very rough back then that we are so blessed to have the understanding of the suffering today.

[@cbm2156]

False, the guy was incompetent. They could not find a lot of people who wanted this job. He was the only one who wanted it.

[@oldcremona]

False.

[@ssrmy1782]

Pierrepoint came from a family whose stock in trade was capital punishment -- specifically, by hanging. Obviously he would be more professional about it than a random G.I. that "sort of fell into it." Frankly, you have to suspect that Woods was selected for a reason. The fact that he had previously botched hangings of US servicemen would clearly have been known by the people that selected him for the Nuremberg job.

[@sroevukasroevuka]

Karma sure sucks, dosen't it?

[@cplcabs]

To be fair, they didn't go wrong, the aim of the procedure was fulfilled. Given the fact that the US let Woods continue the executions, it seems they were not bothered how the executions went.

[@PeterMuskrat6968]

I don’t see why everyone is so bothered to be perfectly honest. It’s not like these were the most innocent people, falsely accused and wrongly convicted. These were very much people that did not deserve an ounce of mercy. I just wish the Soviets didn’t exist, because then we would have had no reason to let the rest of them continue living.

[@MarkoVukovic0]

@@PeterMuskrat6968 who is "the rest of them"?

[@hisss]

​@@MarkoVukovic0Wernher von Braun, for example...

[@bluechains3452]

@@PeterMuskrat6968 I don’t know if you have to use torture to get a confession maybe they were wrongly accused.

[@bobbytheblade2550]

Sounds like everything went perfectly.

[@zingwilder9989]

Woods was a Private that was looking for a quick promotion to Master Sergeant. He told the Army that he was a hangman in Texas; however, he was not and the Army never checked on it. His mind was clearly not healthy.

[@zingwilder9989]

@@poffuz1 Oh yeah, his mind was all twisted up.

[@KM_1983]

He may have been a hangman in Texas.. just not a legal one..

[@zingwilder9989]

@@KM_1983 It's possible that he was involved with lynchings in Texas.

[@VladimirGitcherocksoff]

​@@KM_1983Good point. Might have just as easily been a Nazi. 😂

[@Nick-zo6uk]

​@@KM_1983That was my 1st thought!

[@rikijett310]

Woods couldn't even tie a proper noose!!! LOL 😂😂😂

[@conveyor2]

Woods accidentally electrocuted himself in 1950.

[@TheMrcassina]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@zen4men]

Law of Karma. / Look up ... Judge Andrew Chubb QC. Before being a judge, he "burnt" me as part of a government coverup. / I meditated on Karma, returning his own energy back to source. It took 8 years. /

[@TomFynn]

Allow me to get the world's smallest violin.

[@deforrest5611]

i am not shedding any tears for these criminals.......

[@chipschannel9494]

We see how little anyone in the U.S. government cared , you see how no one ever bothered to offer an explanation and the hangman got his picture taken 😅

[@70baja]

"Botched executions?" Did the condemned walk away afterward?

[@alinmarianbalasa9331]

😂😂😂😂 top comment 10/10

[@davidrender5102]

They got off lightly considering the suffering, pain and death of thousands of people by their actions.

[@pringles8462]

Hundreds of thousands

[@aarongreenfield9038]

​@@pringles8462Millions.

[@frippyfroo6064]

​@@pringles8462 millions

[@stansmith4054]

​@@pringles8462Millions! Doesn't anyone read history books anymore?

[@sid2112]

@@HeavilyCensoredKitty Who gets to decide worthiness? You? Hard pass. Me? Harder pass.

[@LostInThe0zone]

I struggle to find sympathy for any suffering these people may have experienced in their final moments.

[@gerhardvanderpoll7378]

Would like to suggest that you do not struggle too much ......

[@luke12689]

I didn't flinch a bit here, these were the worst of the worst

[@meandrost2824]

That seems like the comment would be regrettable if you knew the truth.

[@LostInThe0zone]

@@meandrost2824 please, enlighten us.

[@michaelhegarty6977]

Don't struggle.

[@Diamondmine212]

Albert Peirrepoint was asked to help the Americans in executing their prisoners ( they sentanced so many they couldnt keep up) He arrived at one prison and became very angry when he saw that the excuted men were just put on the floor in another room till they had finished. He ordered them to provide coffins so immediately they had been excuted they could place the bodies inside. He told them the prisoners had payed the price for their crime and didnt deserve to be treated like dirt.. He was also angry that the Americans would drag the execution out for up to 10 mins while the prisoner stood on the trap door with hood on while they read out the charge sheet with their crime and sentance ,and the pardre saying a prayer. Albert prided himself that he never took longer than 3 mins . By the eay when he retired( because he turned up one day and found the prisoner to be executed was his cousin ,which he OBVIOUSLY didnt do.) he became landlord of a local pub and a nicer, kinder man you couldnt wish to meet.

[@andyelliott8027]

He put up a sign in the pub saying "No hanging around the bar" 😊

[@bryanmonaghan6841]

Pay attention magats

[@WaterShowsProd]

I wonder if that inspired the former-hangman-turned-pub-landlord character played by Peter Sallis in The New Statesman.

[@hisss]

Perhaps Old Al should've looked into what that scum had done. Undeserved my arse.

[@chuckschillingvideos]

Perhaps they didn't deserve professionalism.

[@SWATT101]

Let this be a lesson for the current war criminals. Or other crimes against humanity...where ever they are...

[@vladdracul7810]

You mean like Dr Anthony Quackenstien?

[@davedennison7386]

Netanyahu....

[@gearhead682010]

The entire democrap/communist/socialist/marxist regime and their installed toilet biden

[@DanW-nk7sn]

International Court has no death penalty. US is condemned by international community because a few states execute a few people each year after years of appeals

[@antonioquesada-castro4925]

not anymore, everything takes place behind steel courtains...Bin Laden

[@Makeyourselfbig]

Because the American executioner was a bumbling incompetent. The British executioner Albert Peirrepoint had no problems at all.

[@52969RST]

Good you turd

[@donaldostrem4982]

I agree. Coming from a retired US Air Force Sergeant.

[@sroevukasroevuka]

​@@donaldostrem4982so what if they suffered. The people they murdered , suffered.

[@oldcremona]

⁠@@sroevukasroevukaThe sentence is not supposed to be a re-creation of the defendant’s crimes. To be hanged by the long-drop method is supposed the break the criminals neck. If that doesn’t happen you have failed in you assigned task. Woods was incompetent and never should have been there.

[@jenniferedwards1752]

Peirrepoint was a complete professional.

[@andychandler3992]

Erm, the condemned died. Mission accomplished.

[@oldcremona]

Hitler hanged his enemies in the cruelest possible way, prolonging their suffering. Hitler would have loved Wood’s technique, I’m sure the two could have been best friends

[@burtonedwards2120]

Many times the Nazis used wire or then cable instead of a rope.

[@burtonedwards2120]

*thin wire.

[@madness8556]

Piano wire.....

[@nathd1748]

Hitler sent 16,000 of his own citizens to the guillotine.

[@DonAbrams-hq7ln]

Piano wire from a meat hook Plotensee after the guillotine was destroyed by the bombing of Berlin.

[@JasonFilippou]

Interesting video. Subscribed after watching this one and the Pièrre Lavale one. Can I suggest that in the future, you also put the peoples' title under their names? For example, in the case of Ribbentrop, I had to temporarily pause the video to ensure that he was the same Ribbentrop from the pact.

[@michaelgeiger4043]

Anyone consider that by “botching” the executions they prolonged the suffering of the war criminals?

[@emmettdodge2613]

Sounds to me everything went smoothly there are no coincidences and there are no accidents maybe these gentlemen should have thought before they did what they did to their fellow human beings

[@corbettcondray]

Thank you. Always wondered

[@samsum3738]

No sympathyfrom me . Now these criminals knew how their innocent victims must have felt . The pain , the terror and finally death .

[@1SeanPG]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[@FriedPi-mc5yt]

@@1SeanPGWho said strangling the criminal was wrong?

[@alexjohnson439]

@@1SeanPGwhat? 🤣

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Best comment ever.

[@muppetpaster]

@@1SeanPG But can feel GREAT! No one cares....

[@MausTheGerman]

Me as a German learned at school that Woods intentionally wanted to torture the delinquents to death and that he was a heavy drinker. Don’t know if that’s true but it’s at least what our history teacher said.

[@wfcoaker1398]

I think he did intend to make them suffer. I notice you call them "delinquents". I've always admired the way modern Germany has moved so far from those dark years. Those who lived through it, and their children, had to deal with a kind of "collective guilt" that the rest of us don't really understand. But they got through it. I think it's time now, Germans can stop feeling guilt for the sins of their grandparents. "Blood guilt" is wrong. It's not like Germans are the only ones with a genocide in their past. The modern countries in the Americas are possible because over 90% of the preColumbian population of the Americas was wiped out by disease and violence.

[@Kynos1]

Pierrepoint was a consummate professional, Woods was a bungling idiot.

[@ericklein5927]

Wow

[@johneshuis1215]

the difference between an englishman and a redneck

[@outcast668]

Pierrepoint was also an underpaid professional, who perfected his craft for the benefit of the condemned to allow them to die quickly to atone for their sins from their death; but later would also be the biggest advocate for the abolishment of Capital Punishment.

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

Truth

[@Gunners_Mate_Guns]

@@outcast668 All of that is true. Much as he opposed capital punishment later in life, we all owe him a huge debt of gratitude for accomplishing his grim service.

[@reneallday8524]

I'm all broken hearted.

[@dewilew2137]

Perhaps Hermann Göring offed himself because he knew he wouldn’t be able to fit through the too-small trap door of the poorly built gallows, and he wanted to spare himself the embarrassment of being gawked at as his rotund body became lodged in the trap door. 🙃🙃🙃

[@RainbowManification]

He had actually lost quite a bit of weight while incarcerated. They put him on a diet the moment he got there.

[@spectrum10]

it does not seem plausible that they would allow the prisoners to inspect the gallows beforehand.

[@dewilew2137]

@@spectrum10 Jesus Christ, y’all just could not let me have my joke, huh? Not even at the expense of a fat Nazi? Come on now. 🙄

[@melektaus2906]

@@RainbowManificationyeah he also kicked the opioids in prison, which will certainly help you lose weight

[@xXAlmdudlerXx]

I also would rather take my own life. Not one should take my life except myself

[@JoeyMartz]

nice doc.... You toed the line very nicely! clear and concise. Kudos... Was gonna say new sub, but I AM ALREADY A PART OF THE PAST FAM!.

[@vondahartsock-oneil3343]

and he is also, very very wrong. Woods admitted to botching the hangings b/c he wanted them to suffer.

[@tomweickmann6414]

Guard to Goering: "Where's the gold, Hermann?"

[@kyledamron]

28 mins is insane! But compared to what the Nazis did it doesn't seem so bad

[@MichaelForte-jn5pn]

Exactly

[@tiistai9696]

What they did?

[@antonioquesada-castro4925]

exactly

[@meandrost2824]

If only you knew the truth

[@Jean_Robertos]

​@@tiistai9696Yes

[@762459]

I don't know if the executions could go wrong when they were able produce the wanted outcome.

[@Smokasaurus]

Fun fact, when you snap the neck, the person is still fully awake and aware, just paralyzed. You still die from asphyxiation just the same. That's why a vast majority of countries now consider it inhumane.

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

Some would say they didn’t go right enough.

[@ButtThuck]

"Why the Nuremberg executions went better than expected" could be a better title

[@thiswasnoboakingaccident6368]

So the army hires a bungling, short bus passenger to hang war criminals, making thier executions unpleasant. I'm gonna cry myself to sleep knowing this.

[@PeterMuskrat6968]

Worlds tiniest rendition of “My heart bleeds for you” on the world’s smallest violin. I love the British in here acting like they have the moral high ground… when in reality it just makes me even more happy to see that they are relegated to a small archipelago with no ability to do anything more than bark when we tell them to.

[@RobertRobinson-dy3rj]

Woods got the electric chair 😅

[@davidroosa4561]

no.....electric lamp, lol

[@Marco90731]

Wasn't he drawn and Quartered, 4 horses etc

[@nukni4225]

German engineering

[@Donathon-qx8kq]

Sadly they did go terrible.....the murderers got off way too easy but Woods did his best ...... thankfully he never got convicted to apologize....way too easy... just my opinion

[@eltar67]

4 years later Woods died.

[@bryansammis998]

Because Montgomery got Albert Pierpont first

[@cplcabs]

I don't think the yanks really knew of Pierpoint before his involvement and even if they did would not likely use his services.

[@papagen00]

They should have checked Woods' Yelp ratings before hiring him.

[@ChatGPt2001]

The Nuremberg executions, also known as the Nuremberg trials, were a series of military tribunals held by the Allied forces after World War II to prosecute and bring to justice prominent leaders of Nazi Germany. While the trials themselves were generally considered successful in terms of establishing legal principles and holding individuals accountable for their actions, it is important to note that the question of why the executions went wrong requires clarification. If you are referring to the actual executions of the convicted war criminals, there were no significant issues or complications. The executions were carried out according to the sentences handed down by the tribunals, and the majority of the convicted individuals were executed through hanging. The executions were considered lawful and met international legal standards. However, if you are referring to the trials as a whole and why they were challenging or problematic, there are a few reasons that can be highlighted: 1. Legal complexities: The Nuremberg trials were groundbreaking in establishing international law and principles of prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity. The legal framework was still evolving, and there were challenges in defining and proving certain crimes, as well as determining individual responsibility within a larger organizational structure. The prosecution had to navigate these complexities, which sometimes led to difficulties in proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. 2. Political considerations: The trials were not just legal proceedings but also had political implications. The Allied powers, particularly the United States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain, had different goals and interests in the aftermath of World War II. There were disagreements over the scope, nature, and speed of the trials, which affected the overall process. Political considerations could have influenced the trial procedures and outcomes. 3. Limited resources: Conducting such extensive trials required significant resources, including personnel, time, and financial investments. The scale and complexity of the trials meant that they had to be completed relatively quickly, leading to potential shortcomings in the investigation, preparation, and presentation of evidence. 4. Controversies and criticisms: The Nuremberg trials faced various controversies and criticisms, both during and after the proceedings. Some argued that the trials were victors' justice, as the Allied powers were the ones prosecuting the defeated Nazi leaders. Others believed that the punishments handed down were either too lenient or too harsh. These controversies and criticisms could contribute to the perception that the trials did not go as smoothly as hoped for. Overall, while the Nuremberg trials were a significant step towards establishing international criminal justice, they faced various challenges and complexities. However, it is important to note that the executions themselves were not considered to have gone wrong.

[@sqnhunterx]

No Allies were tried for the deaths of 700,000 german soldiers in their care as POWs after the war. They were just ordinary soldiers...many just kids, forced into the war. They died of the elements, starvation and dysentry and typhoid, being given no accomodation, medical aid or food until they died. Yes...we allies were the victors.... but never think for even one moment that our side was ever any better. If knowingly botching executiions, then that point is proven beyond doubt.

[@martinjenkins8270]

Sounded they went well to me

[@JesterEric]

Woods made no calculations. He was using the standard 5ft drop method. The USA never used the British variable long drop method. The gallows was constructed according to US military manuals. The Russians wanted a short drop and the British a long drop so the US method was a compromise. They were still using the same method in Iraq after the US invasion. That resulted in more botched executions including a decapitation.

[@beltigussin81]

Ach the Americans and their compromises

[@melodymacken9788]

Personally, after what they did to the Jews, I don't have one iota of sympathy.

[@konradinkappler6768]

Personally i think you are just a sadist !

[@crushx69]

They were no better than the Nazi

[@goojedooje660]

This is still going on right now

[@nikosnikos652]

after what jews do to EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY next to israel FOR DECADES ON, i feel no sumpathy for THEM

[@TahirKhan-ez4dj]

Look what the j*ew*s are doing in G*a*za!

[@reneharkamp4309]

Amsterdam, calling 📞 😢 Can't you hear me crying.......

[@hisss]

En Rotterdam en Middelburg zullen ook geen traan laten om dat moffengespuis. Wat een gejank hier zeg...

[@jazzzingo1513]

Woods's biography, "American Hangman," was published in 2019.

[@DaangerousDan553]

I tried so hard to care that I farted a little Fitting

[@luxincognita]

I’ve laughed so hard I almost farted!!!

[@ItsMe-kj2xb]

So the death wasn’t instant. What’s the issue?

[@PeterMuskrat6968]

British “people” like to deny that they are humans. They want to believe that their is only good, and that bad doesn’t exist. It’s why they let rapists and murderers go free and walk the streets.

[@worzel2001]

How did they go wrong ? the condemned died? so what is the issue the end result was achieved.

[@Maine307]

my uncle who knew many of Woodss close friends , was told a very odd storey about that day. unfortunatly it being ttwice told removed from Woods himself, it has no credit.. bottom line was the Generals who were hard real men of the American Armed forces and saw soo many things the 5 years of battles done and after liberating the camps etc.. pretty much ensured Woods put the knot in the wrong place, ( possibly even higher powered Allies leaders than them too ) causing the hanging to go wrong. why do u think it was never corrected after the 2nd one? ( pattern) The senoir Generals - old school.. raised old school, issuing orders that they knew soo many of thier men would die,.. wanted these people to suffer and know to thier last breath.. woods was never punished nor was it made known.. even after the 2nd hanging.. they knew..and wanted these Nazi to pay , especially after Himler took the easy way out..and Mussolini was robbed from them too.

[@liveinhope]

The British noose was never the traditional hangman's knot. The noose was formed by passing the rope through a brass ring. The noose itself was sheathed in leather. The ring was secured under the ear to create the lever to break the neck. As it only took Pierpoint a few seconds from securing the noose to the trap opening there was little scope for the noose to dislodge. As far as the trapdoor was concerned, there were two features which made it more efficient. The door was held against springs so that when the lever was pulled the springs would make sure the doors fell well away from the condemned. secondly there were catchers for the doors which along with the springs stopped the doors springing back and hitting the condemned. As a point of interest, Pierpoint's quickest execution was 8 seconds. That's from entering the condemned cell to the condemned dropping through the trap. It certainly made the whole process less disagreeable for those that had to witness the execution.

[@liveinhope]

@@mapko217 The Allies were supposed to be the more civilised and therefore better than the NAZIs.

[@george217]

"Oops! I dropped something..."

[@cliveadams7629]

Not sure Goering was doing a lot of laughing.

[@JamesKonzek-xr5zy]

Woods being from Texas I find ironic & morbidly fitting.

[@martinsaunders7925]

A state of ,at the time, Southern Baptists who believe in retribution. They also understand the Old Testament to be the basis of Jewish faith. That Christ was a Jew.

[@steve210sa]

4:26 I'm from San Antonio and our federal courthouse in downtown San Antonio is named after John C. Woods, I had no idea he was the executioner at Nuremberg.

[@irisElee]

That courthouse is named after "Judge John H. Wood, who was assassinated in 1979 in the line of service. He was murdered by hitman Charles Harrelson because of his reputation as a harsh sentencer, a reputation embodied in his nickname “Maximum John.” The defendant who hired Harrelson wanted a different judge."

[@BoomVang]

@@irisElee the TV star son woody h tried to get him released

[@TonyMartin911]

Woodys daddy got him

[@edwardquimby1960]

Nobody wanted to hang around.

[@ThePowerman121]

Gee golly, what a shame…

[@jatojo]

Most of the comments in this thread show that the cynicism of the Nazis lives on in people nowadays.

[@peterbleach270]

Pierpoint was a hanging professional. (Always hanging around!) Following an interview, General Montgomery assigned him to handle the execution of concentration camp guards who were in British custody in Germany. They were hanged three at a time but in the process, it was discovered there were an inadequate number of coffins. Pierpoint halted the executions and insisted that coffins be made available, before he resumed his work. There is the famous line from one of his British clients; "Mr. Pierpoint, I've always wanted to meet you but not of course, on this occasion."

[@johnburt7929]

I always felt Woods botched the executions on purpose

[@BiGDuke6Actual]

"Why Did The Nuremberg Executions Go So Wrong"? Simple - John C Woods was an untruthful rank amateur. As Kynos1 encapsulates - 'Pierrepoint was a consummate professional, Woods was a bungling idiot.' Frankly, I always thought Wood's 'accidental' electrocution was more divine judgment than happenstance..

[@troyevitt2437]

Considering the innocent people killed in the Shoah, none of that matters.

[@richardsanchez5444]

4:12 well sometimes you get little bonuses in life.

[@Kw1161]

When I was in the US Navy, my division officer , an historian major said the Soviet Union supplied the rope which was precut to size. Add that to employing a psychopath as an executioner…a true recipe for disaster. Have a great day.

[@hisss]

What disaster? Odd way to spell justice...

[@ngelzntsizi8887]

In life, you should never show your oppressors your true power. If you do, you will be labelled a monster 🤞

[@Bruuba]

”Whoopsie, that didn’t go so well. Whoopsie, that didn’t go so well. Whoopsie, that didn’t go so well. Whoopsie, that didn’t go so well.”

[@rockbutcher]

See this? This is the smallest violin in history playing, "My heart bleeds for you."

[@alexbowman7582]

It was probably deliberate

[@astra-rb6sz]

It actually was yes

[@georgevprochazka5316]

Wasn't that by "design" to make then suffer ?

[@edinmiami5909]

The major reason hanging is generally not used today is that botched hangings were very common.

[@mansongang5766]

Omg my grandfather was a MP at the trial he told me this story my hole life he sead the executioner was a (texin) who told him "I strangled those SOB's" wow I can't believe this is so cool to see on this channel

[@mansongang5766]

I have pictures of this dude my grandfather took

[@feackshow5250]

You know there's not an insignificant amount of evidence that they weren't botched they were just intentionally done badly

[@Rnh240]

Oh well.

[@Snake3yesEddie]

I know it’s been said a bunch of times already that it was probably intentional to botch the executions and I have to agree. If it was just the 1st or even 2nd execution that went wrong you could see it being an unintentional error in the calculation but for there to be so many botched attempts after the first 2 seems like they knew what was going on and everyone just went with it without interfering or correcting the calculations. At the end of the day you can understand where they were coming from given what they did to so many others, even for most people watching this now it’s difficult to feel sympathetic in how they died so I’d imagine it was even more difficult back then.

[@sqnhunterx]

The book of calculations is very explicit...almost impossible to get wrong the weight drop measurements. The difference is...no matter how anyone feels...where can the allies..the US particularly hold any value in high ground when they were no better themselves. Executing them was a matter for law...but evidently law was forgotten and vindictiveness was the solution. You may sit and ponder why the US has so many enemies today...maybe they brought it all on themselves with how they think! Or maybe..they really are no better than the germans they killed.

[@DeDabbelyou]

"This was not intended" But we did not fix it after the first 1-2 times either.

[@miscr3ant950]

I can just imagine some hard-ass general looking at Woods' calculations with narrowed eyes and saying "Looks like you forgot to divide by two. *scribbles* There...fixed it".

[@tomcraige4781]

He 100% knew what he was doing and his superiors knew too. No way he can just botch all these deaths and nobody does anything

[@utvm6748]

I see nothing wrong here

[@brekfis_burrito]

Lol same

[@nohatforjo1296]

oh dear, never mind

[@fibonaccisrazor]

Sounds to me more like the botch was intentional, it's just that it would have been unwise to admit it.

[@victorbeauvois]

VERY gruesome

[@jimhere01]

It could be the reason that John Woods was chosen to perform the executions is because they knew he'd screw it up and those people would suffer. And they about that.

[@generalrodcocker1018]

the knot of the noose looked way to thin to me

[@webleypug]

"...Woods had no prior experience in being an executioner...". How does one gain experience in such a job?

[@brokensun100]

Who was responsible was the Commanding General of the orgaisation that employed Woods. He should not ever be employed to the job.

[@cordellscott]

Oh no, the nazis suffered even more

[@joahfidler8553]

You can't tell me that the military didn't intentionally assign their worst executioner

[@TheNeonRabbit]

You're assuming "quick and painless" was the goal

[@willemventer3935]

It was done deliberately

[@whansandceros]

Oh well. I dont feel sorry for them.

[@benallen7704]

I seem to have misplaced my tiny violin.

[@ashe1.070]

Oh how terrible…

[@barrytipton1179]

When u said pierpoint rarely made mistakes reminded us all when did he ever make one