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He was sentenced to death and executed by hanging in 1946. [1] Early life and career. Wilhelm Keitel was born in the village of Helmscherode near Gandersheim in the Duchy of Brunswick, Germany. He was the eldest son of Carl Keitel (1854–1934), a middle-class landowner, and his wife Apollonia Vissering (1855–1888).
- "Lakeitel"
- Generalfeldmarschall
- 1901–1945
The Nuremberg executions took place on 16 October 1946, shortly after the conclusion of the Nuremberg trials. Ten prominent members of the political and military leadership of Nazi Germany were executed by hanging: Hans Frank, Wilhelm Frick, Alfred Jodl, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Wilhelm Keitel, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Fritz ...
Ribbentrop and Sauckel supposedly died after 14 minutes of agony, while Keitel’s death was the most painful – he took as long as 28 minutes to die. The executioner was John C. Woods, a sergeant in the U.S. Army, who is sometimes accused of having done a poor job.
Mar 19, 2024 · After the war the International Military Tribunal convicted Keitel of planning and waging a war of aggression, of war crimes, and of crimes against humanity. Denied his request for a military execution by firing squad, he was hanged at Nürnberg. ( See war crime: The Nürnberg and Tokyo trials .)
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Trial and Execution. The Allies tried Keitel along with other senior Nazis before the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. Prosecutors indicted Keitel on all four of the main counts: Count 1: Conspiracy to Commit Crimes Against Peace (for planning and executing the war)
Sep 30, 2015 · Wilhelm Keitel Field Marshal Keitel was chief of the OKW and responsible for overseeing military operations on both the eastern and western fronts. Like Jodl, Keitel was a signatory of the famous Commissar Order that condemned Soviet political officers to summary execution.
