Nuremberg Executions 1946 - What Happened to the Bodies?
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- The secret US Army operation to dispose of the bodies of the war criminals executed at Nuremberg.
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the rest lived happily everafter in Argentina.
and a lot were imported to the United States as well ^^ Wernher von Braun and many other scientists
@@Hellothere-yh9zd because the germans were very advanced in military technology.
@Matt Miller Unless Hitler had a extra jaw which I highly doubt.
@@zurdoremi they were heroes who stood up for their people
Until the Israelis got them anyway
An Argentinian: "Hey grandpa, have you ever been in Germany?
Grandpa: "Nein"
muchos estuvieron en mi país argentina
seems like we're gonna see the same copied comment on every WW2 video
Brazil too
yes
I hope not. I didn't find it amusing to start with!
Back in 2010, in Los Angeles, as I was pondering what direction I wanted to go in my life, knowing that I love law, I watched a documentary on the Nuremberg Trials. During the viewing, they spotlighted Mr. Ferencz, who was a lawyer and chosen to lead the prosecution of the Nazi. His story moved me, to the point that I looked for a way to contact him, found his email, and sent him an email, asked him question about that moment in his life, how did that moment impact him. I was stunned too receive an email reply a few days latter, and he shared his thoughts, and mentioned that he's 90 years old and told old to slow down...
I cherish his reply to this day...
I am familiar with his story. How fortunate you are to have had contact with him. Thanks for sharing this with all of us.
nobody cares
It's amazing to me that Benjamin Ferencz was the lead prosecutor at the age of only 27. Can you imagine someone so young being given such a responsibilty today? This was for the trial of the Einsatzgruppen Nazis in 1947, one of the "subsequent" Nuremburg Trials.
@@markcolorado240 What surprised me is that they didnt have a catagory of law for the crimes, yet as you said, too find out thay he was so young, 27?@?!..amazing.
Or ... or... this guy is just liyng...
My grandfather was an American POW for the majority of his time in Europe, and was in Nuremberg during the time of the trials. He has some amazing memorabilia from that town that has been passed to my mom.
Check and see if Hermann Goring collection in what your mom have
Democrats are the nazis we face today
Your Grandfather must be really old!
Palestinians colluded with Hitler during WW2 to help annihilate the Jews. Today on demoncrat colleges campuses, racist, Nazi demoncrats are colluding with hamas and Palestinians to try and get the band back together
Guess these guys weren't lucky enough to know how to build rockets.
Yup
Exactly
thats why it pays to be smart
Even more lamentable that the US allowed many of the Japanese scientists that had experimented on humans to evade punishment merely because the US army had use for their information
@@Nightdare The Japanese bio-labs helped make America the world leader in bio-weapons and labs today.
Never ask,
A Gamer His KDR.
A Woman Her age.
A Man his salary.
An Abuelo his SS Rank.
south americans can relate
dude 😂😂😂😂 you’re hilarious
KDR is pretty high
or an Abuelo his KDR
First I thought you put German his KDR
Outstanding Dr Mark Felton. Your WW2 knowledge and narration is second to none
Thank you Mark Felton a Great War historian teacher ,these videos should be taught at all schools 👍
I've known about the cremations and scattering of the ashes my whole life but never heard any details about how the plan was carried out. Once again, Mark has taught me something new about a conflict that ended 75 years ago.
Enjoy your youth!!
@@badxradxandy My thoughts exactly. But don't ask that question too loudly. You may be called that word that everyone hates.
@Jeff Clark white people on the Koran
David Marks 74 year's ago
I hope I ll live long enough to have a piss into that river above that location.
Mark’s documentaries: Far better than those on TV!
History Channel is rarely historical now. How disappointing. Thanks Mark.
Carolyn Burnes your name sounds familiar, I can’t places where I’ve heard it
Many thousands of Nazis went to United States - not just rocket scientists.
Well researched. Excellent.
Yeah you can only put what they want you to see on tv
8.1M Views. As an OG subscriber, it's awesome to see where hard work, dedication, knowledge, and talent has taken Mark's channel. 👏
These are better than the History Channel I watched growing up! Only thing to fill the void of that show....A+ great work thank you very much for keeping us informed
I was surprised by the number of hangings of American soldiers during the war as mentioned in this video. I would like to hear a story concerning these.
I was just thinking that myself. Hopefully Mark will see this comment and enlighten us.
Probably went AWOL or did fragging
Unmarked graves as well. Most were convicted of rape.
If you are hung for rape in another country why aren't they hung in the states, no difference except it makes it look like the crime is ok as long as you are a citizen of the US and are not military.
@@sadwingsraging3044 141 US soldiers were executed in WWII, all except one for murder, rape, or both. The sole exception was the rather famous case of Eddie Slovik, executed by shooting on January 31, 1945 for desertion. The military had long =feared an outbreak of murder, rape, and/or looting as the military began to take over enemy countries. They used the executions and a way to underline the military's resolve not to let this happen. Given the millions of troops involved with the invasion and occupation of Axis countries, the number of US servicemen who were involved in such crimes was far lower than would have been expected, but the idea you'd be executed if you committed such crimes, or at least would if you were caught, seemed to have a salutary effect in diminishing such crimes.
I love how there’s no super fancy animations, just pure excellent content.
What is there to even animate?
@@oldschoolfoil2365 ?
Shut up troll face
@@imightbearacist6613 I want to ask the same question. What's there to animate?
Public Hair check simple history. And a few others use animations to show things like this.
I remember reading somewhere that the bodies were taken to Dachau, not Munich for cremation. Also, It was noted in the same piece I read, that the extra coffin was not 'empty' but contained the remains of an unknown german soldier. This was because the simple wooden coffins would have felt too light if one was still empty.
That would have be better way to destroy their remains
They really thought about everything, didn’t they.
Robert play mentour pilots videos
So what was the point of the extra coffin?
Oh wow. This one was fascinating. Thank you for these really interesting and well done videos.
Us: hey let's put a guy discharged due to psychopathy in charge of the hanging
Everyone: aye
@SteelRodent That’s what y'all said at your last president elections, eh?
@@ghostofaforgottenweedle Yea i know, you are right, Hussain Obammy sucked.
@@trent3872 Nah, dude the crazy pos sits in the White House now.
Also someone who botched a dozen executions
The British used Albert Pierrepoint, a civilian professional hangman... and he was quite prolific in executing Nazis and others.
History Channel: Who are you?
Mark Felton: I'm you, but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better.
I dunno if Mark is any better than the History Channel... I mean Mark never talks about Ancient Aliens, Lumberjacks or Pawnshops...
Wanker
@@Burnersforvanlife wut
The history channel used to be like this. Now it's stupid.
History channel should give up on WWII. Mark can cover that.
VERY thorough and informative!! Thanks for posting!
This is a very interesting well hidden detail of that trial that definitely caught the interest of those who follow your channel!!
mark Felton, your cover photo, the man standing to the right of Hermann Goering, is a dear (now past) friend of mine, Warren Miller, he guarded Goering, and Hess, for the entirety of the trials
The Texas hunter. He got the vile of poison out of Goerings luggage for him.
Do you mind if i ask more about this in particular- thank you,
Connor
You must be old, and the fact you know how to use CZcams, and even found Mark Felton channel is amusing to me. Interesting story, if true that is. Too many people on the internet pretend to be people they're not, and have/make up stories that are not theirs/or are not true.
fyi, the man standing to the right of Hermann Goering, in this photo, is Warren Miller!
if you'll notice he is a guard
My girlfriends grandfather was one of the guards at the trials. He was part of the group that spiriting away the bodies. Crazy how thorough they were in making sure these people's graves weren't turned into shrines or anything
Very disrespectful
@@sufimuslimlion4114 nothing disrespectfull about this...
@@sufimuslimlion4114 a lot more respectful than executing hundreds of thousands to millions of children and dumping their bodies in a mass grave
why did they change the names of the corpses? you left SO much unexplained!
@@zoiachurilov8808 because super far right people (I’m a republican just so you know) make a habit of memorializing and fetishizing nazis. And they knew in 1946 that this would eventually happen so they took extraordinary action to make sure this could never happen.
All the best wishes to Mark Felton and his readers God Bless 🙏👍
They sure made for certain that nothing of these hanged remained. I love your videos, wish history was this interesting back in school in the 60’s and 70’s. My dad was in WWII in the Pacific Theater.
"Scrap jewelry" = Sold to private collectors in America
probably melted and sold for "scrap gold"
My thought exactly. These items possessing such iconic and even magical power, would have been much sought after.
@@andrewjames3220 Exactly.
The Occultism Value In Their Rituals..
Blessings To Fellow American Patriots
Amen
@@justintyler4693 yup... I Just Now Read About Drexler.. To Discuss WWII ....
ALL TOO MUCH... Evil
Me ? "A Photo Is Worth A Thousand Word's...
At Age 63yr. ..... Much To Explore and hope never to repeat ever again.
Blessings To Fellow American Patriots
Amen
@@justintyler4693 ps. thanking~you
Hope you're staying healthy Mark, and people reading the comments. Cheers for the upload.
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Didn't know you watched Mark Felton, Steve.
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@@pyroromancer may GOD help us all.
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This is a very interesting recount of of this. Thank you so much Mark.
Many Thanks for your great work!
Excellent research, excellent presentation! I work as a historian at the Memorium Nuremberg Trials and the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg and I must say: great work!
yeah this guy makes the best short films about ww2
Mark Felton is THE BEST WW2 historian on CZcams, by far.
You should push for a Nuremberg V2. The US is loaded with Terrorists, Mass Murderers & War Criminals! They're called Republicans & Democrats. And every single one of them is complicit!
@@GDawg2K2 DemoComuKKKrats and RINO's...there...since both parties have abandoned their oath and the will of the people.
Very true, it's factual and sober, not like some I've seen where the tone of the voice, more suited for "funny facts" was inappropriate as well as the humor...
“American Execution Specialist”
Fails almost every execution performed.
Hey, they’re dead, ain’t they?
They didn't realise that 'American' is a qualifier, not a descriptor.
Democrat
Nürnberg totally misspelled.
@@viviennerose7100 yup. Democrats kill Nazis. Republicans call them fine people.
Hard work and good explanation
Very interesting video, as always!
Can only assume the executions were intentionally botched? Woods kinda sounds like a sadist
They were obviously meant to hurt the men as much as possible.
I suspect so. They could have called for a professional hangman who really knew what he was doing. The British had such a man available at the time. And they sent for him. But he would have done it professionally and quickly. Someone wanted it to be botched.
I think he was just an incompetent fool; he ended up accidentally electrocuting himself after the war
@@Sheehan1 damn just looked it up. This guy did electrocute himself to death
In an interview Woods replied to a question why the condemned took so long to die, his response" I murdered those Nazi's, they deserved it" , personally I have no problem with what he did
Felton steps to the plate. Swings on his 1st pitch and it's outta here! Another home run for Felton!
AND THE CROWD GOES WILD.....HHHHHHHHH
@David Parry He took them for six...
David Parry even British people don’t like cricket come on now.
@@jacobnewcombe5367 Because they're no longer very good at it.
@@harbourdogNL True... The Indians kick their rears all the time in cricket.
LOVE your channel.
As a child I grew up on Long Island in the 1960’s and had neighbors who only used their small house in the summer ; grandma and grandpa, mom,dad and one boy and on girl. I was friends with the girl as she was my age and with my other girlfriend we were good friends until high school graduation. They spoke German and the parents and grandparents were from Germany. The grandfather had silver military hair cut and wore brown cloth pants and bleached white tank or tee shirts and sat around smoking hand rolled cigarettes and watching us with steely blue eyes. They had a huge stash of German magazines and whatever I’m their finished garage. The grandmother loved me because my aunt and uncle lived in Germany (US Air Force) and a cousin was born there. Constantly asking me about Germany and I didn’t get it. When I was in my twenties and they had sold the house my next door neighbor who lived next to them as well said to me “You know the old man was a Nazi, right?” Suddenly so much fit together.
Where on Long Island? I'm from Amityville.
All of that for telling us that??
@@lawrencelewis2592 west Islip
@@dawnwheeler2649 My mother taught kindergarten at the Higbie Lane school.
@@lawrencelewis2592 long time ago. As the population of baby boomer kids grew up that was one of the elementary schools that had to shut down. Fun fact, that building was the original West Islip high school before they built the big one in late 1950’s. My aunt and her husband went there
Funny, how Goering says at the end : " Thanks for watching, please subscribe and share ! " And that in perfect english.
Hah!
best comment ever
Well, Göring was a former pilot and is also known to time travel. He knew this was coming.
lol
Goering CZcamsr is not real
Imagine being an average German civilian and drinking the remains of Herman goring from the river
An average german would not drink from a river.
@@livewallberg Your right, They would drink from the ocean!
@@livewallberg Here in Germany we spike the rivers
would be an honor xD
Well they gobbled up his bullshit during the war so they were kind of used to it
I had never even thought about this subject till I saw this video. It remains one of my favorites.
Just stumbled across this video, what a great channel!
I cut cable years ago and ever since, I’ve missed content like this which was usually aired on AHC. glad to have found a new source for interesting historical content like this. Great channel.
You arent missing anything on AHC anymore. its all stupid reality garbage now.
@@rickyricardo5441 damn sucks to hear
Astral HighlVnd Was big AHC channel, military history channel is by far the best right now
@@rickyricardo5441 Only real chads know what AHC was before it was AHC
@@ChiyaQT I love your name.
LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!
You really can’t get this stuff anywhere else
Mark did
@@josephmountford2292 but not all in one place in a comprehensive format
You can. Even You tube is full of it. But it takes lots of time digging it. Mr Felton makes things very simple for lazy people.
Besides, you know, in books. But 10 minute videos are definitely a good format to reach people who wouldn't bother otherwise.
Nagow_ obviously
Wow. I have always considered myself an excellent student of history. I never knew any of the info in this documentary. Great presentation!
IT is going to happen again. Globalist created pestilence to kill people then experimented on the world, took away medication that would save lives and are collapsing economies to get the new world order. A world takeover just like Hitler wanted to do. Propaganda is powerful and complacency to an unravelling society and culture allowed destruction.
Love WW2 history and this channel doesn't disappoint!
I especially like in the beginning of each video the tension building serious music. So meticulously detailed and fascinating. I even like Mark’s excellent German pronunciation.
Except for "Nuremberg". It's not "Nu Rem Berg".
Yeah he tries his best but his pronounciation really isn't that great
@@Anna_Stetik Yes I was confused with that pronunciation and kept replaying it to see if I was hearing it right. Usually I think he gets it right but that was a bit odd. The series is so good that it's a fairly minor criticism of Mark Felton.
It sounds to me like he pronounces it Nu mer berg…
In 1974, I was assigned to Berlin Brigade and toured Spandau prison. I along with 3 other ASA troops actually saw Hess walking in the exercise area. Spooky.
Hess? Who? Ghost?
@@andiansukmara Hess died in 1984
Did you meet Ronald Speirs? I heard he was the governor of Spandau.
@@matth7952 Albert Speer, the armaments minister, was released in the late 1960s. I saw him on the Johnny Carson Show on TV.
@@matth7952 The leadership at Spandau changed every 30 days. It rotated from the US, to Russians to French and to the Brits.
Your voice is very documentary worthy :) thanks for the videos.
I met a gentleman at a tank demonstration in Virginia several years ago who was wearing Goring's signet ring. He got it from one of the Nuremberg guard force who took it off Goring following the suicide.
It was an impressive looking ring.
Paul, i am sure it was a fancy ring, paid for by the murder of many millions of human beings and children. No way i want a ring or anything else from a monster like Georring. An item means nothing to me. Can't take it to your grave and it was bought with blood money. I do understand some people might want the stuff though and i get that they are fascinated by it. I just could not own such a thing, it would be like having a coffin on my dresser or hand.
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@@Sunflower-ug3eh I hear you.
My personal philosophy of life follows what I heard long ago: if I can't take it with me, I'm not going.
Why I love this channel: because it answers the questions that we all wonder about, arent usually covered in media because they are not as "important" and would probably have to read some obscure book that you dont have the time to be bothered about
It’s also unbiased.
The winners write the history of the losers!
And short but full of knowledge
You’ve been wondering what happened to dead Nazis? 🤔 Your life must be boring.
bro this is like the media they tell you a story and make you feel sorry about whatever they want you to believe
It’s very disturbing that so much truth is hidden.
Europa last battle
and it will never change. can't imagine what kind of stuff nowayds in corona is hidden but i bet alot.
The process was a farce show
You' ll NEVER get 100% truth and nothing but the truth...sooooooooooo 😥 sad, too!!! SMH...
The U.S. government is just as bad
Thanks, very interesting. In Pierrepoint's book "Executioner" he describes the hanging of the concentration camp guards, which might give you some more material.
Very interesting Mark!!
I like the format, it's not "shinny" as some other channels that will show us illustrations and animations of things, but that's better this way i think, i like the sober format, calm and informative rather than exciting at all costs
I agree
What the hell is shinny
@@secularargument hockey but played on regular floor in shoes, instead of ice on skates
the best format is straightforward and void of sensationalism. this is the best.
amazing video, the details I've been searching for something like this. Really diving into the topics, I LOVE IT
Would be interesting to see an individual series of each of those sentenced to hang from the Nueremburg, their story of what they did and evidence presented at the trial.
was trying to find this exact thing, in general a series of how many exactly and what the outcomes were
@@skboog In Total there were 13 Trials, each serving their own special group, they were:
-Doctors' Trial
-Milch Trial
-Judges' Trial
-Pohl Trial
-Flick Trial
-IG Farben Trial
-Hostages Trial
-RuSHA Trial
-Einsatzgruppen Trial
-Krupp Trial
-Ministries Trial
And the one everyone is familiar with; the Nuremberg Trials
@@d.k8257 Thank you! I didn't know of the different groups nor that there was 13. I will start googling thanks again
@@skboog No problem man
@@d.k8257Those trials were all counted as Nuremberg Trials, but the famous one should be referred to in such a list by occupation as the leaders trial .
Great documentary well done
This is all so fascinating!! Thank you, Mark Felton, for opening our eyes to the hidden history of this era. THIS is what history buffs live for! 👏👏👏
Love your pronunciations
Yeah
A documentary that will open your eyes to other factors and in my opinion is a must watch is
Euro pa the last battle of 2017
nothing like recommending nazi propaganda ain't it?
The destruction of all the medals and badges is quite sad
Mark’s video is yet another very well researched and interesting clip which shines a light on the murkier, less well-known stories of WW2.
IT is going to happen again. Globalist created pestilence to kill people then experimented on the world, took away medication that would save lives and are collapsing economies to get the new world order. A world takeover just like Hitler wanted to do. Propaganda is powerful and complacency to an unravelling society and culture allowed destruction.
I literally spend hours growing my military history knowledge in lockdown from this channel. My dream job would to become a consultant for military history or work in museum etc.. Hopefully one day! Thank you Mark.
History is magical. I've been hooked since I was young. I've been watching Man in High Castle for free on amazon prime during lockdown. Good stuff and really just makes Mark's videos that much cooler cause they're like the films from the show. Nazis lost the war thankfully or the USA as we know it would have been bye bye
I have always loved history as well. Though it is not something I am making my career out of (I am currently studying programming, but who knows, I might just spend another 4 years or so to become a historian) it has and will always interest me. History can be very grim, but that only means it's even more important for it to be studied and taught. As a fellow History buff, I hope you will be able to make your dream come true.
I have my own theory about history and I really think we can find every answer on our neverending questions in history. Everything already happened and we are still the same people with same problems just in different scenarios
That was my dream too, but since There is hundreads if not thousands of peoples searching for extremely rare jobs. You basically need a phD and even post phD studies to have something assured, and unless you become a University professor, your chance of making above 50/60K are not huge...
Still did my Bachelor degree for the form, but its basically worthless : /
Keep studying, My friend had an interest in history. It led him to many interesting jobs, including where he is now. The director/currator of donations at the National D-Day Museum. Tom Czecanski. You see him on the History Channel, or CZcams videos. He gets to play with all types of cool stuff.
Goring!!!
ți ai depășit foarte tare atribuțiile pt secolul 21!
Thank you Mark.
I wonder if someone now is wearing jewellery made from Hermann Göring's military decorations, and isn't even aware of it.
Gold, for example, persists through the ages, usually in different forms. Your wedding band (if you have one) could contain gold which once adorned an Egyptian Pharaoh. =^[.]^=
Patavinity i seriously doubt it I’d bet someone actually made very Good money selling it all after it was told how it was destroyed. Just my opinion.
@@MrDaiseymay What I really want to know is what happened to Hermann's 'Vermeer'. And his train set.
Mr. T
@@MrDaiseymay hahaha
Items were "destroyed" aka someone kept them.
Geronimo553 many veterans took them home and sold them to collectors for big money
Ancient rule: “To the Victors, belong the spoils.”
Lol
Right !
Would you not keep it?
Excellent detailling of one of the world's most famous set of executions.
I missed something about the 12th coffin. Was that for Robert Ley?
Mark a video on the sword hitler was given in that city would be a good video. It’s rather unknown.
how about Eisenhower's death camps, you know the west point BIO "called himself the terrible swedish jew" in 1904!?! that guy....
@@kevinmiele5289 The ones that don't exist? This is a history channel, not a fantasy one, or one for repeating silly propaganda.
@@Joesolo13 ok shilly boy his biography exists just gooogly west point class of 1904 enjoy.....
@@kevinmiele5289 You're uninformed. The accusation is false and that is well known.
@Marq LOECSTA what proof do you have? I use sea level also known as DATUM 0'-0" which is the army corps of engineers basis for building any and every structure across the earth where they travel ,from grading roads to building bridges, dams and skyscrappers !!!! now the simplest of proof is water always seeks its level ... what buildings ARE NOT LEVEL ? the leaning tower of Pisa is what happens when its out of level.....I am a professional tradesman who has to produce accurate reliable drawings that are coordinated with architects and engineers and every building trade to create the HVAC system where numbers matter and have to be proven or you get a pile of shsit waste time and money, again whats your proof of it NOT BEING FLAT...peace
Plans for quarantine: Play video games whilst listening to Mark Felton videos.
J VH I am stuck working from home, but doing the same. Listening to Mark’s videos and working.
Valhalla Achieved.
how interesting...thank you!
Fascinating stuff, incredible detailed research.
Thank you for sharing. 👍
I had brain surgery recently. Was off my feet for 6 months recouping. I can’t tell you how much your programs helped me @MarkFelton. I would wake up and jump to YT immediately each day to see what was on the plate. Thanks for making a long recovery tolerable Mark
I'll pray for you homie.
@@patrickranes9998 I really appreciate that my man, I’m feeling better all in all can’t complain!
How are things?
Mark Felton: he knows where the bodies are.
annoyed707
I’ll bet he still has the shovel.
TK Kirkland got the receipts! 😂
probably smuggled into America via operation paperclip.
Is this the same MARK (DEEP THROAT) FELTON, of WATERGATE fame?
Good mini documentary 👍🏻
We visited the Eagles nest in Germany. The museum is very impressive, I find it difficult to comprehend all this. The eagles nest was a luxury resort where a lot of horrible and satanic plans started. Watching your footage of the trials brings me peace. Thanks
Actually the eagle’s nest wasn’t really used since Hitler hated heights. Most were plans were made at the Berghof or the Wolf’s lair.
Wow, that Master Sergeant John C. Woods sure does have some interesting ideas about how a Hangman's Knot is tied, no wonder that the executions didn't exactly go according to plan, or maybe they _did..._
I remember reading about him. I got the impression he was a major conman and honestly, bit of a dumbass. I highly doubt it was planned.. more just and instance of lack of intelligence/knowledge on how to conduct a proper execution. From what I remember he told a bunch of lies about who he was and what he had done to get positions. It was shocking that he actually got to where he was based mostly on lies. I think I read he accidentally electrocuted himself and got an awful death basically fried to death years later so in a way he got what was coming to him. Karma got him in the end. It was wrong of the Americans to use a halfwit like this for such important executions. It just showed to the rest of the world that they were non-professional and very amateur. The British heard about all these botched executions and how the world reacted to America.. so they wanted to make sure the same thing didn't happen with them. So Field Marshall Montgomery approached the highly professional English hangman Albert Pierrepoint to carry out all their executions to show the world the British were firm but fair and not half assed and embarrassing like the Americans who dangled those men on the end of a rope for half an hour.. it was a disgrace that they were treated that way. Conducting execution by hanging isn't a job for an idiot. There's a lot of precautions that need to be taken.. first of all you want to be familiar with your gallows and have your traps working perfect, just basic stuff like working out length for long drop method, from the man's height, weight and physical strength and indeed how muscular his neck is.. if he had a good strong neck like a manual labourer would have, you maybe need to give him an inch or two more, regardless of his weight, also stuff like stretching the rope with heavy sand bags for at least a night or two before.. the only thing you want to stretch on the day of the execution is the condemned man's neck.. other things like having the knot correct and placing it at the front left side of the throat so it snaps up when the drop making the 'hangman's fracture' resulting in instant death is made etc. Too long a drop can result in torn open neck or even complete decapitation.. on the other hand, too short a drop can be even worse, it will result in slow, prolonged, torturous death by strangulation which is a horrible thing to witness for any witness, everyone is very tough in the comments, but I guarantee if they had to witness a botched hanging the vast majority would vomit or faint. Truth is, they think they are tough but they nothing of real war or punishment. It's all very well sitting in a comfortable place pointing fingers.. but they only know to what they're programmed to know. Regardless of what modern society believes of these men, they were true soldiers of their nation, and believed in their cause, something those who look down on them will never be. We can all talk now, in a different time, but nobody here has any idea, and these men went through, and saw happen to their country, then when Adolf Hitler rose to power, of course they felt it was a just cause.. under that period Germany thrived.
@@Sinnerboy88 Well I don't think the people back then (or most people nowadays) care too much about the Nuremberg executions being botched. It was all high ranking SS officers who delivered even slower deaths to millions of innocent people. They deserved every second of the pain and more.
@@artistoblivion you actually believe your government's propaganda ?
You probably agree with the US bombing every other country now in the name of free dumbs like the right to "gender transition" children lol
@@Sinnerboy88 p.
Another interesting thing about Albert Pierrepoint. He was said to be extremely fair and respectful of all the condemned that he executed. He believed that they all deserved basic decency and respect regardless of what they done.. also a quick death and no prolonged suffering, whether mental or physical, as soon as he opened the door he took the prisoner quick to get it over with soon as possible for them, and yes, I believe he was correct. As far as I'm aware, the British had coffins and buried the German men.. rather than cremate and dump them in an urn like the US did.. I very much disagree with how the German men were treated, those men deserved a proper burial. Even in ancient warfare like Greece and Rome people were normally allowed to collect and bury their dead and mourn.. I personally find it shameful that in 1945 the US did not even allow that to Germany. But, back to Pierrepoint, I heard a story, once when doing the German executions that they were one coffin short and someone suggested maybe put one man in on top of another and Pierrepoint was furious and said 'no bloody way, that man had paid for his crimes now, he is innocent as you or me, and he deserves a proper burial and coffin of his own' and if they didn't have another coffin there immediately he was quitting and he wouldn't do anymore jobs for them. Apparently he stood and guarded the body until they arranged another coffin. He was also said to execute SS-Helferin Irma Grese first as she was youngest (just a girl 22 years old) and most fearful so he wanted to get it over for her soon as possible as the longer she had to wait the worse it would be for her. I do respect things like this.
Dr Felton, your videos absolutely make my day! I’m in the process of reading your books as well. Superb work, Sir!
these denoument videos reward watching a few times ... seeing these criminals get their due never pales ... will future generations appreciate the gravity~
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Absolutely fascinating! These are the only two words that come to mind after viewing a Mark Felton video
My step father was an MP guard at Nuremberg. He gave many talks on his experiences. Died last year. Father was Marine that survived Siapan, Guadacanal, many others. He passed in 1973, part of him haunted his entire life for his experiences.
My step father used to work at Nintendo
You mean your stepfather was an SS guard ..
Very interesting small documentary 👍
What very interesting channel 😮
Something tells me they chose that hangman deliberately. :-D
> _"Do you have any idea how to properly perform a hanging?"_
> _"...No, not really."_
> _"Perfect."_
"The only thing that matters is that the Nazi guys are dead in the end"
@@multiio1424 And....Bonus points if it hurts extra-bad........for a really long time.
Thought the same thing.
Hung drawn and quartered , would be the way to go. Then the remains thrown in the shizerhousen.
i missed the part about "the twelvth coffin will be explained later".
@ukkowalski Where is this information stated in the film?
@ukkowalski well done , you answered the question , why 12 coffins and 11 bodies .
@Brian Cahoon"the 12th coffin contained their possessions"
Didn't the documentary say that they told the officials in Munich who did the cremation of the bodies that these were 12 Americans whose families requested cremation. The officials that cremated the bodies were never told that they were cremating 11 Nazi bodies, hence the false American names on the wooden coffins.
@@ursulacatherinejohnson7411 Exactly. The idea was saying there were 12 bodies would throw anyone off ,Hearing that 11 nazis were hung the day before., then having 11 coffins show up, someone could put 2 and 2 together.
As to Master Sergeant Woods I would think that 'bungling' a hanging would disqualify you from ever being a Hangman again. The Long Drop had been in use since 1872 calculating the length of the drop for a quick death, so no excuse for such incompetence in 1946.
Good report
Honourable greeting to Mark Felton and your countless subscribers , Pleasure to have found this awesome channel.Regards from Australia
Yeah, Mark's channel is the shirt.
@@LeatherCladVegan you're cool
While in college I became acquainted with a university official who had been an interrogator at Nuremberg. He disclosed to me that the doctor who treated Goering was assumed to have been the one who slipped him the cyanide pill. Apparently, this doctor developed some sort of infatuation, largely attributed to Goering's legendary charisma. Though a corpse, Goering was hanged along with the rest.
Try researching the Nuremberg trials outside of CZcams, you might get a more accurate reason as to why the doctor did this.
@@iaccabucci ah ya have to tell us now
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It would be deleted almost immediately anyway
@@jefferyepstein9210 just like urself haha
Personally, I don't believe in any of that, suicide nor executions.. at 1:30 am.. why in the middle of the night.. I believe they have been given a "new life".. think of the wealth that NAZIS acquired, looting so many countries.. then, the sentiment towards fascist NAZIS that so many countries are pouring out, even changing the whole history of the ww2..
I think a video that would be great would be on the judges who presided over the Nuremberg Trials
Keep it up! People need to educate themselves. History prepares you for the future.
"I was taught to not judge or I too will be judged, but those guys sound like real jerks", Norm Macdonald
very true, Stone
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No dog houses built by Nazis
Curious what the modern anti death penalty people would say if brought back to that time, what absurd cheesy argument(s) they'd make for keeping a**hole people like Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels etc alive
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The fella in Norway that set off the bomb and shot those kids received 40 years. That’s all. He will be out to enjoy his pension and grandkids.
Edit: Nope. I was wrong. He got 21 years.
Thanks for these videos I know there is many people stuck inside that enjoy your knowledge.
Thanks!
My farther was a teacher and he told stories about these peoples and their war capacity.
“I worked for the Nazis and all I got was this crummy fake name”
Me too, I'm Mr. Long. hahahahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Ok George Munger! What ever you say.
"I worked for the Nazis and all I got was this crummy fake name and a 28 minute hanging"
Eh?.Was that supposed to be humorous?
LOL!!
Yes,love this channel,favorite history channel on CZcams.
Do you want some other epic history channels? Check out the Great War channel for the best source on ww1 and also the world war 2 channel in real time. So like when June 21st happens they’ll be uploading a video about the invasion of the ussr.
Military history visualized gives VERY in depth videos about the Second World War.
@@kstreet7438 yeah,I only watch 4 currently,I watch Brandon F,Weird History, this channel,and Artur Rehi,although Artur Rehi is more of a reaction channel to history videos.Thanks for those other channels.
My neighbor years ago was a retired executioner, says his job was a job just like any other job and he never called in sick.
Is there a source for the fake names they got after execution? I can't find a source for this at all and I'm curious