Category Archives: World War II

10 high-ranking Nazi officials executed by hanging for World War II war crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 16 1946)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Post-Nuremburg Executions and Hermann Goering's Suicide (1946)'

(Wednesday, October 16, 1946, times of death ranged from approximately 1:10 am-2:59 a.m. CET; during the Nuremberg trials) — Ten leading Nazi officials were hanged early today for crimes committed under Adolf Hitler’s regime, including the persecution and murder of civilians, the deportation and enslavement of forced laborers, and the waging of aggressive war across Europe. Continue reading 10 high-ranking Nazi officials executed by hanging for World War II war crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 16 1946) →

Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring cheats hangman’s noose by poisoning himself 80 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1946)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'The suicide of Hermann Göring'

(Tuesday, October 15, 1946, 10:44 p.m. CET; during the Nuremberg trials) — Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring, the second-most powerful man in Hitler’s Germany, took his own life with a potassium cyanide capsule tonight in his prison cell in Nuremberg, just hours before he and ten other former high Nazi officials were to have been executed. Continue reading Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring cheats hangman’s noose by poisoning himself 80 years ago this hour (Oct 15 1946) →

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize 40 years ago this hour (Oct 14 1986)

1980s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize October 14 1986'

(Tuesday, October 14, 1986, 11:00 a.m. CET) — Human rights advocate Elie Wiesel, who survived Nazi death camps to become a witness against forgetfulness and violence, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. Continue reading Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wins Nobel Peace Prize 40 years ago this hour (Oct 14 1986) →

Herman Goering among 12 top Nazis condemned to hang for World War II crimes 80 years ago this hour (Oct 1 1946)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: '"Judgement at Nuremberg" (1946) BBC Radio'

(Tuesday, October 1, 1946, individual sentencing handed down at 3:00-3:40 p.m. CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — One day after the verdicts were rendered in the Nuremberg Trials in Germany, twelve of Nazi Germany’s most murderous leaders were given two weeks more to live today, with hangings scheduled for Oct. 16, 1946.
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Nazi masterminds found guilty as tribunal seals fate of Goering and 18 others 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1946)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'NUREMBERG - THE VERDICTS - (Nuremberg Trial)'

(Monday, September 30, 1946, 10:00 a.m.-4:22 p.m. CEST; during the Nuremberg trials) — Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop and 16 other leading figures of the fallen Nazi regime were convicted today by the International Military Tribunal in one of history’s most significant war crimes judgments, leaving death by hanging or long prison terms as the likely fate of nearly all the defendants. Continue reading Nazi masterminds found guilty as tribunal seals fate of Goering and 18 others 80 years ago this hour (Sep 30 1946) →

28 former Japanese officials go on trial in Tokyo as war criminals 80 years ago today (Apr 29 1946)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Japanese war criminals go on trial in Tokyo Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com'

(Monday, April 29, 1946, during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East) — Former Japanese prime ministers Hideki Tojo (1941–44), Kiichiro Hiranuma (1939), Koki Hirota (1936–37) and Kuniaki Koiso (1944–45), and 24 co-defendants were indicted today in Tokyo for war crimes, ranging from the murder of thousands of Americans at Pearl Harbor, to conspiracy “to secure military, naval, political and economic domination of the whole world.” Continue reading 28 former Japanese officials go on trial in Tokyo as war criminals 80 years ago today (Apr 29 1946) →

Masaharu Homma executed by firing squad for Bataan Death March 80 years ago this hour (Apr 3 1946)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Execution of Japanese General Responsible for the Bataan death March in Philippines - Masaharu Homma'

(Wednesday, April 3, 1946, 12:53 a.m. Philippine Standard Time) — Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the 58-year-old Japanese commander held responsible for the Bataan Death March that killed 17,200 American and Filipino captives, was executed by firing squad today in Los Baños, Laguna, a few kilometers from the former internment camp at the University of the Philippines Los Baños

Germany declares war on Portugal during World War I 110 years ago this hour (Mar 9 1916)

1910s, World War II

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(Thursday, March 9, 1916, 3:30 p.m. Central European Time; during World War I) — Germany this afternoon declared war on Portugal, which had earlier this year honored its alliance with Great Britain by seizing German ships anchored in Lisbon’s harbor.

U.S. President Gerald Ford revokes wartime order behind Japanese-American internment 50 years ago this hour (Feb 19 1976)

1970s, U.S. Presidents, World War II

(Thursday, February 19, 1976, 11:54-11:59 a.m. EST) — U.S. President Gerald Ford President Ford today formally revoked a World War II–era executive order that authorized the internment of Japanese Americans, calling the action a necessary step toward acknowledging a grave injustice in the nation’s history. Continue reading U.S. President Gerald Ford revokes wartime order behind Japanese-American internment 50 years ago this hour (Feb 19 1976) →

Nazi radio propagandist ‘Lord Haw Haw’ executed 80 years ago this hour (Jan 3 1946)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'WILLIAM JOYCE HANGED'

(Thursday, January 3, 1946, 9:00 a.m. GMT) — William Joyce, the 39-year-old pro-Nazi radio propagandist known as “Lord Haw-Haw,” was hanged today at Wandsworth Prison in south London for high treason, unrepentant and defiant to the end. Continue reading Nazi radio propagandist ‘Lord Haw Haw’ executed 80 years ago this hour (Jan 3 1946) →