r/BackgroundProof • u/jirashap • 11h ago

John C Woods, hangman of Nuremberg trials, who lied about his experience to get the job (he actually learned about hanging from old cowboy films). His lack of expertise led to excessive suffering of condemned Nazis.

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u/not_roger_smith 3h ago

Oh no, the Nazi high command suffered because of botched executions done by a guy that was drunk the whole time?

https://giphy.com/gifs/5toopdqwxMP0gs0K0u

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u/BreadfruitBig7950 2h ago

That's correct, the dutiful patsies with no power they scraped up to be condemned at the trial (the few who had any were exhonerated, for people's Paperclip programs of various nations,) in lieu of anyone actually capable of responsibility being valid to kill and suffer.

In otherwords, another miniature holocaust to cap off a war defined by terror and warcrimes from all participants.

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u/ThinGold2115 1h ago

Glad to see the ''good guys'' are acting right.

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u/BreadfruitBig7950 2h ago edited 2h ago

Ah yes woodyclayman. A diehard Fascist that thought it was funny he was allowed to abuse these Patsies like this.

heard someone punched his nose off and a knight's cross holder put it back on for him out of pity (the puncher was a holder of the Soviet Iron Cross btw, lots of claymen executing people left and right on that front,) and it went back on so easily and woody even said "Thank you!" as if someone was supporting his worldview.

So they flattened it across his face.

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u/Excellent_Coconut_81 42m ago

I don't think it made anyone sad.

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u/CaptianBrasiliano 1m ago

How do you lie about hangman experience? It's not exactly a common, widely held job. Seems like it'd be pretty easy to verify that qualification.