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Execution of Rosenberg

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1946

Alfred Rosenberg16 October 1946

Nuremberg Prison · Warfare / World War, 2nd

At 01:49 on 16 October 1946, Rosenberg was hanged at Nuremberg Prison; he declined to make a final statement before the hood and noose were placed and the trap released.

Names involved

Alfred Rosenberg

Provenance

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