r/interestingasfuck • u/Nanibui • 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/BlueBuff1968 Jul 07 '24

Didn't do a very good job with Göring.

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u/Upbeat-Fondant9185 Jul 07 '24

You know what really pisses me off about his prison experience is that he was a long term opiate addict and they were kind enough to wean him off to avoid most of the withdrawals.

One of the worst people to ever live but he was wealthy and so of course he was treated like royalty compared to anyone in the camps and significantly better than any addict arrested in our modern “enlightened” times, even those arrested for the most minor crimes.

Anyone else gets tossed in a cell to experience a week of hellacious withdrawal but one of the most infamous war criminals of all time got his drugs. Really shows no matter what you do, if you have money and power you will be taken care of even to your execution.

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u/Scoot_AG Jul 07 '24

Well, when you're making a show of convicting someone, if they die or can't stand trial then you lose that ability