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Jodl pleaded not guilty "before God, before history and my people". Found guilty on all four charges, he was hanged at Nuremberg Prison on 16 October 1946. [17] [better source needed] Jodl's last words were reportedly "I salute you, my eternal Germany" ("Ich grüße Dich, mein ewiges Deutschland"). [18]
The Nuremberg executions took place on 16 October 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials.Ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz Sauckel, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Julius Streicher.
Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel ( German pronunciation: [ˈkaɪ̯tl̩]; 22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal who held office as chief of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW), the high command of Nazi Germany's armed forces, during World War II. He signed a number of criminal orders and directives that led to ...
Last words have always fascinated people. Perhaps they hold an echo of wisdom or a biting witticism — or at least a hint about who's getting what in the will. And so, Business Insider put ...
The Flensburg Government ( German: Flensburger Regierung ), also known as the Flensburg Cabinet ( Flensburger Kabinett ), the Dönitz Government ( Regierung Dönitz ), or the Schwerin von Krosigk Cabinet ( Kabinett Schwerin von Krosigk ), was the rump government of Nazi Germany during a period of three weeks around the end of World War II in ...
— Alfred Jodl, German Generaloberst (16 October 1946), prior to his execution by hanging for war crimes and crimes against humanity (Nuremberg executions) "I hope that this execution is the last act of the tragedy of the Second World War and that the lesson taken from this world war will be that peace and understanding should exist between ...
Third and last page of the German instrument of unconditional surrender signed in Berlin, Germany on 8 May 1945. The German Instrument of Surrender [a] was a legal document effecting the unconditional surrender of the remaining German armed forces to the Allies, which ended World War II in Europe, with the surrender taking effect at 23:01 CET on the same day.
The Wolf's Lair ( German: Wolfsschanze; Polish: Wilczy Szaniec) served as Adolf Hitler 's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II . The headquarters was located in the Masurian woods, near the village of Görlitz (now Gierłoż ), about 8 kilometres (5 miles) east of the town of Rastenburg (now Kętrzyn ), in present-day Poland.