Beheadings in the Third Reich
Ernst Paul Stoiber
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/st ... e_imgs/268
Ernst Paul Stoiber was guillotined in Munich Stadelheim prison on 10 June 1943 at the age of 21.
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/de ... Ernst-Paul
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Josef Thalhammer
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/st ... e_imgs/241
Josef Thalhammer was guillotined in Munich Stadelheim prison on 30 July 1943.
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/de ... mmer,Josef
Josef Wartinger
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/st ... e_imgs/242
Josef Wartinger was guillotined in Munich Stadelheim prison on 30 July 1943.
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/de ... nger,Josef
Note: All 11 people posted above were executed by Johann Reichhart.
Anton Brugger
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/st ... e_imgs/270
Anton Brugger was guillotined in Brandenburg Gorden prison on 3 February 1943.
http://www.stolpersteine-salzburg.at/de ... gger,Anton
Michael Lerpscher
Michael Lerpscher was guillotined in Brandenburg-Görden prison on 5 September 1940.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Lerpscher
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Pankrac prison archive photos
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/sites/ ... k=6XhLUmEg
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This photo shows executioner Frantisek Nenahlo descending from the scaffold next to the post gallows from which Karl
Frank is hanging. Note that Frank's feet are tied together with a rope which then passes through the lower pulley of the execution post. Two helpers pulled on this rope to lessen the suffering of the condemned by inducing quicker unconsciousness.
http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/sites/ ... k=vv1tTt37
Karel Šemora
Karel Šemora was guillotined in Pankrac prison on 14 November 1944 at the age of 22.
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Karel Šemora's last letter to his family, written several hours before his execution. The letter was found 64 years later by his later generation relatives. Karel Šemora was beheaded for illegally crossing state borders into Slovakia with a group of three friends. A total of 14 people were beheaded on 14 November 1944 in Pankrac prison.
Text of the letter:
http://img.ahaonline.cz/static/old_aha/ ... mrti_2.jpgPán Bůh náš kyne rukou a volá, abych dal účty ze svého života. V úterý ve 4 h. odpoledně umírám pod gilotinou. Jsem zdráv, chci žít, tím horší myšlenka na smrt. Nebojím se jí, chci být silný, vždyť spravedlivý Bůh mě bude soudit. Modlil jsem se každý den sv. růžence b. Panně Marii, chtěl jsem se státi knězem zde na světě, Kristus mě však volá k sobě.
Drahá maminko. Děkuji Ti za vše, za tvou lásku a obětavost. Není mi souzeno, abych ti to oplatil. Vidím tvé šediny a upracované ruce a tak rád bych tě měl nyní v náručí a líbal tě.
Drahý tatínku, ani tobě neoplatím Tvou lásku a obětavost. Milí rodiče, prosím Vás, čím jsem Vás někdy zarmoutil, odpusťte mi. Předcházím Vás k Bohu, budu čekat u něho na Vás.
rahá sestřičko a bratře. I Vám děkuji za Vaši lásku a obětavost. Mařenko, byl jsem tvou nadějí a dala jsi mi vše, co jsi jen mohla. Frantíku, byl jsi vždy dobrým kamarádem a bratrem. Švagře Tomáši, měl jsi mě za vlastního, dal jsi mi také vše, nic přece žádným nesplatím.
Švagrová a malá Jiřinko, vzpomínejte na mě v dobrém a učte Jiřinku, kdo já jsem byl.
Milí, odpusťte mi, co jsem Vám zlého učinil. Loučím se s Vámi moji věrní kamarádi, odcházím. Vzpomínejte a odpusťte i Vy, co jsem Vám zlého učinil. Odpouštím i já Vám.
Umírám mlád a opuštěn, umírám dříve, než jsem mohl žít...
Váš Karel
http://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/trapasy/ ... etech.html
Gerhard Benkowitz
Gerhard Benkowitz was guillotined at Munchner Platz, Dresden on 29 June 1955.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Benkowitz
According to the execution protocol of Hans Dietrich Kogel, who was guillotined the same day, the execution took place around 2 AM in the morning and beheading took only 4 seconds from the time the condemned was turned over to the executioner to the fall of the blade. the protocol also mentions that the condemned "was led into an execution room". This suggests that Dresden guillotine was moved indoors into some room in the Munchner Platz complex from its courtyard location during the Third Reich era.
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The execution protocol for Karl Laurenz, guillotined in Dresden on 23 November 1955, also mentions leading the condemned into an execution room, this time at 3.05AM. The sentence was carried out in 5 seconds after turning over the condemned to the executioner.
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Photo of executioner Friedrich Hehr
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Firedrich Hehr (1879-1952) was a Nazi guillotiner serving Hamburg Holstenglacis, Roter Ochse, Dreibergen-Bützow, and Wolfenbüttel prison Central Execution Sites of the Third Reich. After WWII he worked for the British as an executioner in Wolfenbüttel prison and guillotined more than 60 prisoners during that time, most of them Nazi criminals like Willi Harold.
Claude Schmerber
Claude Schmerber was guillotined a few days after his 30th birthday in Roter Ochse prison in Halle on 19 June 1944 at 1712 hours. The executioner was Alfred Roselieb.
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Olga Bancic
Olga Bancic was guillotined in Stuttgart on 10 May 1944 on her 32nd birthday. The executioner was most likely Johann Reichhart.
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Re: Photo of executioner Friedrich Hehr
Photo of the Hehr !!!!
Nice finding , Pete
Nice finding , Pete
Postwar life of executioner Alfred Roselieb
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On April 1, 1944 at the age of 52 Alfred Roselieb, a former assistant of executioner Friedrich Hehr, became the executioner for the enforcement District VI with the central execution sites Dresden, Weimar and Halle. He executed at least 931 people during his time as the executioner. Two of his assistants were sentenced to death after WWII ended, he however escaped prosecution, and moved with his family in 1946 to Burgwedel, a town about 15 km northeast of Hanover. There he lived a quiet life in a small house, doing jobs as a gardener at the local hospital, and small farming until his death in 1969.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgwedel
Note that Alfred Roselieb is listed as one of famous citizens of Burgwedel.
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On April 1, 1944 at the age of 52 Alfred Roselieb, a former assistant of executioner Friedrich Hehr, became the executioner for the enforcement District VI with the central execution sites Dresden, Weimar and Halle. He executed at least 931 people during his time as the executioner. Two of his assistants were sentenced to death after WWII ended, he however escaped prosecution, and moved with his family in 1946 to Burgwedel, a town about 15 km northeast of Hanover. There he lived a quiet life in a small house, doing jobs as a gardener at the local hospital, and small farming until his death in 1969.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgwedel
Note that Alfred Roselieb is listed as one of famous citizens of Burgwedel.
An excerpt from the book "Die in Paris"
The book is about France's most notorious serial killer Dr. Marcel Petiot who was guillotined on 25 May 1946 in La Sante prison. His last words to the witnesses were: “Gentlemen, I ask you not to look. This will not be very pretty.”
The blade dropped at 5:05 a.m. According to the witnesses, Petiot was smiling as his head tumbled into the basket.
The blade dropped at 5:05 a.m. According to the witnesses, Petiot was smiling as his head tumbled into the basket.
http://www.marilynztomlins.com/articles ... bMy5E.dpbsOffered a glass of rum, another of France’s guillotine traditions, Marcel turned it down. He would die without ever having drunk alcohol. Instead, he asked if he could smoke a cigarette. Floriot quickly offered him one of his own. Marcel inhaled deeply and blew rings into the stale air. Finished, he swept his eyes over the men in the cell with him. “Gentlemen,” he said. “I am ready.” He was again handcuffed, and his night chain was swung around his ankles. Without wasting any more time, the group started walking down the corridor of Block 7 — Death Row. Other inmates kicked and banged violently on the doors of their cells. “Adieu Mégot!” a voice called out. It was a long walk down the many corridors and across two yards to the ceremonial courtyard where the guillotine was waiting. Marcel, because of the chains, lost his balance and stumbled several times; to steady his gait, he lifted his handcuffed hands over his chest. Close to the courtyard, he was pulled into a small room. He was to have his neck shaved, and his shirt had to be cut open so that his neck would be exposed for the guillotine’s kiss. He seemed familiar with the routine. The room was in semi-darkness; whenever there was an execution in the courtyard the blind in front of the window was to be pulled down because sometime somewhere someone had decided it would be too cruel for the condemned to see the instrument of death. His shirt cut, and his neck smoothly shaved, Marcel asked for another cigarette. Again, Floriot gave him one of his. While Marcel smoked, some of the witnesses stepped outside to wait in the courtyard. They were silent. And they tried not to look at the guillotine. The cigarette, smoked, Marcel’s handcuffs were removed. Those had been on very tightly and they had left red marks across his wrists. He was still shaking his arms to return their blood circulation when he was asked to take off his jacket and to put his hands behind his back. He shot a glance at the handcuffs lying on a table as if implying they weren’t needed anymore; would not be needed in future— not for him. He must surely have read in the books found at the townhouse, but must have forgotten, that the condemned did not go to the guillotine handcuffed; their hands were tied with ordinary domestic cord. So were his. They were tied behind his back. The chain around his ankles was removed. His blood was free to rush.