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>The Nuremberg execution sentences were carried out in the gymnasium of Nuremberg Prison by theUnited States Armyusing thestandard drop methodinstead oflong drop.[1]
The executioners were Master SergeantJohn C. Woodsand his assistant,military policemanJoseph Malta. Woods may have miscalculated the lengths for the ropes used for the executions, such that some of the men did not die quickly of an intendedbroken neckbut insteadstrangledto death slowly.[2][3][4]
Some reports indicated some executions took from 14 minutes to 28 minutes.[5][6]The Army denied claims that the drop length was too short or that the condemned died from strangulation instead of a broken neck.[7]
