Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Wilhelm Stein

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Post by Pete26 » 02 Jul 2016, 19:39

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Wilhelm Stein was guillotined in Hamburg Holstenglacis prison on 26 June 1944 at the age of 49.

http://www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de/bil ... ilhelm.JPG

http://www.stolpersteine-hamburg.de/ind ... BIO_ID=548

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Scharfrichter Hehr

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Post by Pete26 » 03 Jul 2016, 15:08

An article about executioner Hehr
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Guidance on fallbeil operation

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Post by Pete26 » 09 Jul 2016, 01:05

Anleitung zur Aufstellung und Benützung der Fallbeilmaschine war alles im besten Amtsdeutsch beschrieben. Zum Schluss dieses Textes hieß es:

"Nach der Enthauptung und sobald sich der Rumpf etwas verblutet hat, schieben die beiden Gehilfen das Brett, auf welchem der Leichnam liegt, ein wenig zurück, fassen es bei den oberen und unteren angebrachten Handheben und legen, nachdem sie zuvor die Riemen aufgeschnallt haben, den Rumpf mit dem Kopf in den bereitstehenden Sarg."

Source: Gott, Die liebe und der Galgen by Manfred Overesch

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Gravestone for Hedy Urach

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Post by Pete26 » 14 Jul 2016, 03:58

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Gravestone for Hedy Urach in Vienna Central cemetery, group 40. Hedy Urach was guillotined at Vienna Regional Court on 17 May 1943.

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Re: Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Post by history1 » 14 Jul 2016, 09:17

More information about Hedwig "Hedy" Urach (sadly only in German):http://www.klahrgesellschaft.at/Mitteil ... r_3_10.pdf

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Re: Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Post by Piotr1 » 20 Jul 2016, 22:22

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Re: Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Post by fredric » 20 Jul 2016, 22:33

A familiar image but one that may not be know to others. Nice work Piotr.
I am focused on the Reich's use of the "crude" richtbeil und richtblock and have made some discoveries.
First... Groppler (who worked for RMJ for a while) redesigned the richtblock. He made it thinner. Why?
To be able to transport it. All research points to his continuing to use the richtbank (bench) but also a thinner
design. We have one report of the blood container still being used but I cannot find an image of the back of the
block. The thin block can be found in Mortimer's book. I believe the original may be in the Berlin History Museum.
It does not look like the bulky block Reindel used. Any info anyone has about the richtblock/richtbeil/richtbank would be
of relevance to this topic if used during the Weimer/NZ era.

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Re: Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Post by fredric » 20 Jul 2016, 22:34

btw... rice rhyme...beil rhymes with heil. so fitting.

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Re: Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Post by Piotr1 » 21 Jul 2016, 17:01

fredric wrote:btw... rice rhyme...beil rhymes with heil. so fitting.
https://briefmarken-karten-philatelie.d ... he=&cat=50

This is probably soviet propagandist postcard from IIWWW

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Re: Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Post by Pete26 » 21 Jul 2016, 20:33

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... d#p1943412

I posted this over a year ago ( p.371).

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Augustin Grohser

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Post by Pete26 » 22 Jul 2016, 03:34

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Augustin Grohser was guillotined at Vienna Regional Court (Wien Landesgericht) on 30 August 1944.

http://www.doew.at/cms/images/91457/def ... gustin.png
Der Dentist Augustin Grohser (Großer) gehörte vom Herbst 1939 bis zu seiner Festnahme im Juli 1940 der "Österreichischen Freiheitsbewegung - Gruppe Lederer" an. Am 13. 7. 1944 wurde er vom Oberlandesgericht Wien wegen "Vorbereitung zum Hochverrat" zum Tode verurteilt und am 30. 8. 1944 im Landesgericht Wien hingerichtet.

Aus dem Urteil des Oberlandesgerichts Wien, 13. 7. 1944:
"Der Angeklagte Augustin Großer hat [...] durch Mundpropaganda und Werbungsversuche sowie Einhebung eines Geldbetrages zur Unterstützung verhafteter Gesinnungsgenossen den Hochverrat agitatorisch und organisatorisch vorbereitet und zugleich durch defätistische Äußerungen den Willen des deutschen Volkes zur wehrhaften Selbstbehauptung zu zersetzen gesucht.
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The Dentist Augustin Grohser was from autumn 1939 until his arrest in July 1940 of the "Austrian Freedom Movement - Group Leader". On 13. 7. 1944 he was sentenced by the Vienna Court for "conspiracy to commit high treason" to death and executed on 30. 8. 1944 in the Regional Court of Vienna.

From the judgment of the Oberlandesgericht Wien, 13. 7, 1944:
"The accused Augustin Grohser has high treason agitational and organizational prepared [...] arrested by word of mouth and advertising tests and collect an amount of money to support sympathizers and also wanted to destroy by defeatist remarks the will of the German people for militant self-assertion.
http://www.doew.at/cms/download/efpq0/7 ... gustin.pdf

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Re: Beheadings in the Third Reich

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Post by history1 » 23 Jul 2016, 11:03

"[...] collected money to support arrested sympathizers[...]"

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