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To: Halfmanhalfamazing
The media lords need to be reminded of Julius Streicher:

Follow his path, share his fate.

7 posted on 01/11/2009 6:17:35 AM PST by atomic conspiracy (Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
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To: atomic conspiracy

AC that Wikipedia entry on J. Speicher is very informative about his end at the hands of the Allies:
The consensus among eyewitnesses was that the hanging of Julius Streicher did not proceed as planned, and that he did not receive the quick death from spinal severing typical of the other executions at Nuremberg. Howard K. Smith, who covered the executions for the International News Service, reported that Streicher “went down kicking” which may have dislodged the hangman’s knot from its ideal position. Smith stated that Streicher could be heard groaning under the scaffold after he dropped through the trap-door, and that the executioner intervened under the gallows, which was screened by wood panels and a black curtain, to finish the job.[16] U. S. Army Master Sergeant John C. Woods was the main executioner, and not only insisted he had performed all executions correctly, but stated he was very proud of his work. Critics have said that the length of the ropes was too short for the circumstances as recommended by standard gallows technique, increasing the chances of the prisoners strangling rather than expiring instantly, and that the trap doors were too small, causing many of the condemned to suffer facial lacerations and bruises while falling through the trap.


8 posted on 01/11/2009 6:44:16 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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