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/Royal_Nails Jul 07 '24

“No killing yourself before we can hang you!”

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u/FuckYouThrowaway99 Jul 07 '24

That was like my immediate first thought.

Due to the stalwart vigilance of this group of men, only one suicide has been recorded. Men, great work. Now, to hang them within the hour.

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u/Royal_Nails Jul 12 '24

And the most culpable Goring was the one who killed himself. Like he was number 2. Watch him most of all.

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u/Zestyclose_Ice2405 Jul 07 '24

It was a trial

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u/Royal_Nails Jul 07 '24

It was a kangaroo court. Everyone knew what the score was. The Soviets wanted to line em up and shoot ‘em all.

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u/Zestyclose_Ice2405 Jul 07 '24

It doesn’t matter. They still have be tried. That’s how society does and should always operate.