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Execution of Streicher

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

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Chronological records

1946

Julius Streicher16 October 1946

Nuremberg Prison · Warfare / World War, 2nd

At 02:14 on 16 October 1946, Streicher was hanged after shouting from the scaffold and addressing his wife; eyewitnesses reported movement and groaning after the trap opened.

Names involved

Julius Streicher

Provenance

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