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Jan 2020
1h 17m

The Bastard Who Executed The Top Nazis

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Robert is joined by Courtney Kocak to discuss John C. Woods, the American tasked with executing the Nazi High Command.

FOOTNOTES:

  1. MEET THE LOUSY KANSAS HANGMAN WHO EXECUTED NAZIS
  2. Nazi executioner from Wichita found fame, but died his own mysterious death
  3. Sunday Express
  4. ARMED FORCES: Hangman's End
  5. JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG
  6. WAR CRIMES: Night without Dawn
  7. Left Hanging: John C. Woods and the botching of the Nuremberg Executions
  8. John C. Woods
  9. Purim Fest 1946: The tale of Julius Streicher
  10. The Hangmen
  11.  The Murder of Allied Airmen
  12. The Nuremberg Ten

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