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Sep 12, 2015 · This machine of death was used by the Nazi’s during the Second World War. The machine was believed to have beheaded almost 16,000 people, men and women alike, during their twelve years in power. The use of the guillotine came into modern light when it was discovered in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. It is believed that the machine ...
Monument to the "Weiße Rose" in front of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich. The White Rose was a German group that opposed the Nazis in World War II. They distributed pamphlets denouncing Adolf Hitler 's regime from June 1942 until February 1943. [1] The group consisted of students from the University of Munich along with a professor.
Date apprehended. January 29, 1939. Johann Eichhorn (October 8, 1906 – December 1, 1939), known as The Beast of Aubing ( German: Die Bestie von Aubing ), was a German serial killer and rapist who raped at least 90 women in Munich from 1931 to 1939, killing at least five of them. [1] Eichhorn was convicted of these crimes and executed, but his ...
12 October 1943. (1943-10-12) (aged 25) Stadelheim Prison, Giesing, Munich, Germany. Wilhelm "Willi" Graf (2 January 1918 – 12 October 1943) was a German member of the White Rose resistance group in Nazi Germany. [1] The Catholic Church in Germany included Graf in their list of martyrs of the 20th century.
Jan 21, 2014 · Ms. Puhlmann said earlier rumors that the guillotine had been dumped in the Danube towards the end of World War II were not true. Instead, the guillotine — of a type used in Germany in the 19th century and revived for broader use under the Nazis — was taken from the Munich jail where the Scholls and hundreds of others were executed and taken first to nearby Straubing, she said.
Karl Roland Freisler (30 October 1893 – 3 February 1945) was a German jurist, judge and politician who served as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice from 1934 to 1942 and as President of the People's Court from 1942 to 1945. As a prominent ideologist of Nazism, he influenced as a jurist the Nazification of Germany's legal system.
Guillotine (film) Guillotine. (film) Guillotine is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Guido Parish and starring Willy Fritsch, Marcella Albani and Hans Albers. [1] The film's sets were designed by the art director August Rinaldi .
