Nuremberg executions
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On the early morning of October 16, 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials, ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging:
The body of Hermann Göring who had committed suicide pre-empting execution
The body of Joachim von Ribbentrop
The body of Wilhelm Keitel, showing injuries as he hit his head on the trapdoor.
The body of Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Hermann Göring
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Hermann Wilhelm Göring was a German politician, aviator, military commander, and convicted war criminal. He was one of the most powerful figures in the Nazi Party, which controlled Germany from 1933 t
Nuremberg executions
…Wilhelm Keitel, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Alfred Rosenberg, Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Jodl and Arthur Seyss-Inquart. Hermann Göring was also scheduled to be executed on that day, but had committed suicide using a potassium cyanide capsule the night before. Martin Bormann was also…
Göring at the Nuremberg trials, c. 1946
Göring in 1907, at age 14
Göring with the Pour le Mérite and several awards
Göring in 1918 as commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 beside his Fokker D VII (F) 5125/18. He holds a walking stick Geschwader Stock that had been owned by Manfred von Richthofen.