The Psychopath That Hanged Nazis

The Interesting Career of United States Army Executioner John C. Woods and The Men He Hanged at Nuremberg

W.A. Hayes
Lessons from History
23 min readApr 3, 2023

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Master Sergeant John C. Woods showing off his “knottology” skills to onlookers — Alamy.com

Nuremberg Palace of Justice
Fuerther Str. 110
Nuremberg, Germany
October 16, 1946
1:13 a.m.

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