Nuremberg event

Execution of Goering

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Execution of Goering

15 October 1946 · Hermann Wilhelm Goering · Nuremberg Prison · International Military Tribunal · Year 1946

At about 22:45 on 15 October 1946, Goering bit a concealed potassium-cyanide capsule in his Nuremberg Prison cell and died before his scheduled hanging; guards and medical staff found him moments later.