Erwin von Witzleben was a participant in the 20 July plot against Hitler in 1944 and after the coup failed he was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo
Witzleben had to hold his pants tight with his hands, they had taken his belt away. The prosthesis was missing in the mouth. They had tortured him with thorn screws, Spanish boots, and stretching board. He had lost 30 pounds while in custody.
It took Freisler two days, on August 8th, he sentenced Witzleben and his seven co-defendants to hanging out. Two hours later, she was brought to the Plötzensee execution site in wooden shoes. The executioners put piano wire around their necks; after each execution they drank a schnapps
Field Marshal von Witzleben In July 20 plotters
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If you want to kill the king you better make sure he's dead.
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Excuse me, and what's the point?