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The method of execution in Austria was hanging until the annexation by Nazi Germany (1938-1945) when it was replaced by the guillotine. After World War II, hanging was re-introduced by the British. The last person to be executed in Austria was Johann Trnka. He was hanged on 24 March 1950 for the crime of murder. Capital punishment was abolished ...
It was the main camp of a group with nearly 100 further subcamps located throughout Austria and southern Germany. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The three Gusen concentration camps in and around the village of St. Georgen/Gusen , just a few kilometres from Mauthausen, held a significant proportion of prisoners within the camp complex, at times exceeding the ...
Karl Hermann Frank (24 January 1898 – 22 May 1946) was a Sudeten German Nazi official in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia prior to and during World War II.Attaining the rank of Obergruppenführer, he was in command of the Nazi police apparatus in the protectorate, including the Gestapo, the SD, and the Kripo.
Rainey Bethea, last public hanging in Kentucky, for rape and murder (14 August 1936) Roscoe "Red" Jackson, last public hanging in U.S., for murder (21 May 1937) Udham Singh, Indian revolutionary (31 July 1940) Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German theologian (9 April 1945) Irma Grese, German Nazi concentration camp guard and war criminal (13 December 1945)
Pages in category "Nazis executed by Austria by hanging" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
Suicides by hanging in Austria (14 P) Suicides by hanging in Azerbaijan (1 P) B. ... Suicides by hanging in the United States (3 C, 4 P) V. Suicides by hanging in ...
Hanging was commonly practised in the Russian Empire during the rule of the Romanov Dynasty as an alternative to impalement, which was used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Hanging was abolished in 1868 by Alexander II after serfdom, [clarification needed] but was restored by the time of his death and his assassins were hanged. While those ...
Austria portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. 0–9. ... Pages in category "People executed by Austria by hanging"