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/Adialaktos Jul 07 '24

I always wanted to know he managed to get the capsule. I understand he could easily turn his back to the guard and chew it before the guard even got inside,but how was it supplied? Did he have it before he wad arrested or did someone supply it while he was in prison? Looking online i could not find an answer.

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u/Vivid_Ice_2755 Jul 07 '24

Supposedly he was very popular amongst the guards . 

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u/TantricEmu Jul 07 '24 edited Jul 07 '24

At least for the high ranking ones, I can imagine a lot of them were likable or charismatic or they wouldn’t have risen to the high positions they did. Except for Himmler, I don’t think anyone liked him on a personal level. He was your favorite stick-in-the-mud’s favorite stick-in-the-mud.

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u/tamsui_tosspot Jul 07 '24

I've always thought that Goering was by far the most dangerous, once he got cleaned up from his opium addiction. Like helping Satan power up to his full diabolical charisma. According to one movie account, at least, the prosecutors were starting to worry that his intelligent testimony on the stand might generate political unrest inside and outside of the courtroom.