THE “SS EXECUTIONS AFTER SURRENDER” — WHY ALLIED SOLDIERS SOMETIMES SHOT HITLER’S ELITE TROOPS EVEN AFTER THEY DROPPED THEIR WEAPONS
The SS were among the most feared soldiers of World War II. Fanatical. Heavily indoctrinated. Absolutely loyal to Adolf Hitler. And by 1945, their black uniforms and…
DIE „VERFLUCHTEN BLUTGRUPPEN-TATTOOS DER WAFFEN-SS“ — WARUM HITLERS ELITETRUPPEN SICH AM ENDE SELBST DIE HAUT AUFSCHNITTEN… UND WARUM ALLIIERTE OFT SOFORT DAS FEUER ERÖFFNETEN
1945 zerfiel das Dritte Reich in Chaos und Feuer. Berlin brannte. Die Rote Armee rückte unerbittlich vor. Millionen deutscher Soldaten versuchten verzweifelt, in den Flüchtlingsströmen unterzutauchen. Uniformen…
DIE „TODESFABRIK VON AUSCHWITZ“ — WIE DAS DRITTE REICH MENSCHEN WIE INDUSTRIEWARE VERARBEITETE… UND AUS MORD EIN STAATLICHES GESCHÄFT MACHTE
1944 wurden bis zu 75 % der Menschen, die in Auschwitz ankamen, innerhalb weniger als einer Stunde ermordet. Ohne Verhör. Ohne Prozess. Ohne Namen. Alles folgte einem…
DER „AYATOLLAH, DER DEN IRAN UMPROGRAMMIERTE“ — WIE KHOMEINI FRAUENHAARE ZUM VERBRECHEN MACHTE… UND EIN SYSTEM DER ANGST ERRICHTETE, DAS BIS HEUTE MILLIONEN KONTROLLIERT
Der Iran explodiert in einer Revolution. Der Schah stürzt. Die Monarchie bricht zusammen. Millionen Menschen feiern auf den Straßen und glauben, endlich Freiheit erreicht zu haben. Doch…
THE “JAPANESE WARLORD WHO BEGGED FOR MERCY” — HOW HIDEKI TOJO HELPED DRAG THE WORLD INTO HELL… THEN FAILED TO KILL HIMSELF BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
December 23rd, 1948.Midnight.Sugamo Prison, Tokyo. A black hood is lowered over the head of Japan’s former prime minister. The rope tightens around his neck. Moments later, a trap…
THE “FRENCH TRAITOR WHO SENT CHILDREN TO AUSCHWITZ” — HOW PRIME MINISTER PIERRE LAVAL HELPED HITLER HUNT JEWISH FAMILIES… THEN COLLAPSED AFTER A FAILED SUICIDE BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
October 15th, 1945.Fresnes Prison, France. Before dawn, prison guards drag a weak, half-conscious old man across a prison yard. Hours earlier, he had swallowed poison hidden inside…
THE “SS HUNT AFTER HITLER” — WHY NAZI DEATH SQUAD MEMBERS WERE SHOT ON SIGHT ACROSS EUROPE AFTER GERMANY COLLAPSED
May 8th, 1945.The guns finally fell silent. Across Europe, exhausted soldiers dropped their weapons and realized the war was over. But among the endless columns of defeated…
THE “GENERAL OF THE RAPE OF NANJING” — THE JAPANESE COMMANDER WHO TURNED A CITY OF 1 MILLION INTO A MASS GRAVE… THEN COLLAPSED IN TERROR ON THE WAY TO HIS EXECUTION
April 26th, 1947.Nanjing, China. Inside a freezing prison cell, a 64-year-old Japanese general sits alone in silence. He takes out a small pair of scissors. Slowly clips his…
THE “SHOVEL KILLER OF RAVENSBRÜCK” — THE SS WOMAN WHO SLIT A PRISONER’S THROAT WITH A SHARPENED SHOVEL… THEN CONFESSED TO SENDING 3,000 WOMEN TO THE GAS CHAMBER
July 29th, 1948.Hamelin Prison, British-occupied Germany. A 28-year-old German woman is led from her prison cell before sunrise. Waiting for her is Albert Pierrepoint — Britain’s most…
THE “POET GENERAL OF DEATH” — THE JAPANESE COMMANDER WHO LET THOUSANDS OF STARVING POWS DIE ON A 65-MILE ROAD… THEN FACED AN AMERICAN FIRING SQUAD AT 1 A.M.
1:00 in the morning.April 3rd, 1946.Los Baños prison camp, Philippines. American military police unlock a prison room and chain a 58-year-old Japanese general in handcuffs. Minutes later,…