This Date in History: October 22

Dr. Hans Trummler, SS-Oberführer, born October 24, 1900, commander of the security police in Rhein-Westmark, convicted of war crimes, winner of Nazi Golden Party Badge, convicted of killing downed American airmen, executed by hanging October 22, 1948 at Landsberg, Germany, last words: “My last greetings are for my dear old mother, my dear wife, Gertrud, and my dear children.  I do not die as a criminal but because I am a German.  I am ready.”  (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)

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Master Sergeant John C. Woods departed Germany for the last time on October 22, 1948, bound for the Army Personnel Center at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.  (American Hangman: MSgt. John C. Woods: The United States Army’s Notorious Executioner in World War II and Nürnberg)