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To: Old Yeller

Reminds me of when Hermann Goering committed suicide the night before he was to be hanged for war crimes after the Nuremberg trials. Under constant surveillance, he had somehow gotten a cyanide pill and died with a smile on his face, cheating the hangman’s noose. He had to answer to a Greater Power, can’t escape that judgment and sentence.


99 posted on 08/10/2019 6:36:25 AM PDT by laconic
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To: laconic
"Reminds me of when Hermann Goering committed suicide..."

And from what I've learned, they suspected the U.S. soldier guarding him. If I recall correctly, Goering had asked for something from his personal property, and it was retrieved. It's thought the cyanide pill was hidden in this item. According to a British documentary, Goering and the soldier had developed a relationship, and Goering had gifted some items to him.

365 posted on 08/10/2019 8:05:47 AM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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