Streicher, a total fanatic, shouted “Heil Hitler! The American officer then
said, “Ask the man if he has any last words.

” When the interpreter had translated, Streicher
shouted, “The Bolsheviks will hang you one day.

” “Purim-Fest 1946!” alluding to the
Jewish festival of Purim, which recalls the Jews’ victory over their enemy Haman, who
together with his 10 sons, was also hanged.

When the black hood was lowered over his head,
Streicher’s muffled voice could be heard to say, “Adele, my dear wife.

” At that instant
the trap door opened with a loud bang.

Joseph Kingsbury-Smith, who covered the
executions for the International News Service, reported that Streicher, then 61 years old,
“went down kicking” and could be heard groaning under the scaffold after he dropped through the
trap-door.

Because he fell from the gallows with insufficient force to snap his neck, his horrible
convulsing lasted 15 long minutes before he died.

After that, his corpse was cremated
and scattered in the river Isar.

Sergeant Woods later not only insisted he
had performed all executions correctly, but also stated he was very proud of his work.

There were no tears shed for Julius Streicher.

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