Bruno Tesch
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Bruno Emil Tesch was a German chemist, entrepreneur, and war criminal. Together with Gerhard Peters and Walter Heerdt, he invented the insecticide Zyklon B. He was the owner of Tesch & Stabenow, a pes
Tesch in British custody, 1945
Empty poison gas canisters, of Zyklon B, found by the Russians at the end of World War II in Auschwitz
Tesch (left) sitting next to Karl Weinbacher (centre) and Joachim Drosihn (right) at their trial in March 1946
Albert Pierrepoint
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Albert Pierrepoint was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.
Bruno Tesch
…wife and three children. Following deliberations, Tesch and Weinbacher were sentenced to death by hanging. They were executed on 16 May 1946, by Albert Pierrepoint in Hamelin Prison. IG Farben Trial…
Albert's father Henry
Facsimile of British hangman's equipment, shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
Execution Box number eight, containing all the equipment needed for an executioner; shown at Wandsworth Prison museum
X-ray of the cervical spine with a hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).