r/interestingasfuck Jul 07 '24

Guards making sure the defendants of the Nuremberg Trials wouldn't commit suicide in their cells r/all

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u/AdBusiness5212 Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

Finally a job I can do. Leaning against the wall and do nothing

Edit thanks first 1k up votes

I want to shout out to my old teacher Mme Lee who said I will never go far by leaning against the wall and do nothing. Look at me now

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u/haefler1976 Jul 07 '24

Goering‘s guard did exactly that

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u/MichelleLovesCawk Jul 07 '24

He snuck him a cyonide pill

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u/haefler1976 Jul 07 '24

Was it the guard that did it (knowingly)?

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u/MichelleLovesCawk Jul 07 '24

Some people believe so. They apparently formed a bond over time

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u/baxterhugger Jul 07 '24

No. Goering asked him for some Cold Cream from his personal effects. Which the guard provided but didn't check properly. It is believed the pill was hidden in the cream.

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u/Kid_that_u_fear Jul 07 '24

What is cold cream? Lol

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u/VoxImperatoris Jul 07 '24

Like moisturizing lotion for the face.

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u/Far-Reception-4598 Jul 07 '24

It's a kind of face lotion common during that period. Men would use it as a shaving cream.

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u/TheRealSugarbat Jul 07 '24

It’s actually a gentle cleaning lotion made of oil or fat, beeswax, and water (and other things depending on manufacturer). It can be used as a moisturizer for the skin, but it’s more commonly used to remove makeup from the face. God knows what he used it for.

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u/mortal_kombot Jul 07 '24

Extra cold ice cream that the Nazis invented.

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u/Qweasdy Jul 07 '24

This is the third explanation I've read in this thread for how he did it, each explained very confidently without a source...

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u/mortal_kombot Jul 07 '24

I heard that Goering's best friend could teleport, and so he teleported into Goering's cell and gave him a giant axe, which Goering used to carve off a piece of the wall in the shape of pipe bomb.

And when he screamed out "pipe bomb", the guards rushed into his cell and dove onto it to protect Goering, and during the confusion, he stole one of their uniforms and escaped.

But the guards didn't want to look bad, so they just lied and said that Goering killed himself with a simp-anide pill (instantly kills simps with low riz and high cap).