The BOTCHED Execution Of Hitler's Field Marshal - Wilhelm Keitel

Throughout the Second World War, the most senior German soldiers inside of the armed forces and Wehrmacht was Wilhelm Keitel. He was an experienced military officer and he rose to the rank of Field Marshal and was seen by many as a 'yes man' for Adolf Hitler. Whatever Hitler wanted, Keitel would do and this included signing a number of illegal orders that resulted in his execution.

Wilhelm Keitel was at the end of the Second World War sentenced to death for war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials, however his execution did not go well. The American executioner John C Woods made a terrible mess of the executions and because of this Keitel's execution and death was prolonged un-necessarily.

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[dancollins]

Executioner John C Woods might have botched this one and maybe some others, but eventually he got the hang of it

[JGD]

That's why if you lose a war you should probably go out on your own terms

[Leogar]

Very unprofessional way to demonstrate victory over the enemy.

[RockerFinland]

Funniest thing: The Soviets were part of the trial but on "the right side", even though they did the same crimes against humanity. Soviet paper claimed 20 million died as victims of Stalin.

[zingwilder]

Indeed, he was a Hitler yes man that chose to be there. In addition, he was certainly complicit in war crimes. However, the picture of his body lying on the casket is ghastly. Moreover, I never read where Woods, the executioner, received any disciplinary action for his incompetence. The Army pretty much said "So be it, the sentence was carried out."

[joni]

Keitel confessed his sins to a Priest before he died. So he received the last rites. Or so I thought. Turns out that he was assisted by a Lutheran pastor.

[RobertKorn-fbzw]

The german re-armament -"Aufrüstung" should be seen in the context of the Versailles conditions. It was stipulated, that the severe disarmament conditions for Germany would be the very start of global disarmament. Which never started... So the Germans in the mid-thirties made it up like the other countries in Europe and all over the world.

[paulskopic]

How was it botched if the execution caused his death?

[TheChamp]

His execution took place on October 16, 1946 (not April 16).

[dadaevan]

Not "botched", just a bit rough on the way down... to HELL.

[stevengirton]

However slowly he died it was not justice for those lives he was responsible for

[fibosxpivots]

Does Keitel mean anything in German ?
Suffix keit, die Einsamkeit...gerechtigkeit

[mikedennington]

So he found out what it was like to be hung like a child they murdered.

[rowdyyates]

I like your info, however you seem to use a lot of the same film.

[idontcare]

Omg this is so sad I wish he didn’t have to die this way

[patrickcannell]

I am surprised America used the gallows. Their civilian executions were electric chair. Surprised they did not used what the knew.

[stevenleslie]

I'm upset that not all the criminals in Germany saw justice after the War. But as usual, politics got in the way of that.

[ljubivojepaunovic]

Warum egzekucion Kajtel.Kajtel best oficir.Ljubivoje

[jacquespote]

Pendant 24 mn. Keitel a eu le temps d'en profiter ! Merci au bourreau d'avoir manqué son coup. Involontairement ?