The Hangman Assistant of the John C.
Woods, Joseph Malta, passed away on this date, January 6, 1999. I will post the
information of him from Wikipedia.
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Joseph Malta (PHOTO SOURCE: http://ww2gravestone.com/general/woods-john-chris)
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Master Sergeant John C. Woods
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Joseph Malta
(November 27, 1918 – January 6, 1999) was the United States Army hangman who,
with Master Sergeant John C. Woods, carried out the Nuremberg executions of ten
former top leaders of the Third Reich on October 16, 1946 after they were
sentenced to death during the Nuremberg Trials. Malta was a 28-year-old
military policeman when he volunteered for the job. He ultimately hanged a
total of 60 Nazi government and military leaders. A floor sander in civilian
life, Malta left the Army in 1947 and returned to his former job. "It was a pleasure doing it," noted Malta
in 1996, echoing the sentiments of his colleague Woods. Malta was born in
Revere, Massachusetts.
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Public Domain, U.S. Army hangman John C.
Woods (at left with rope) hangs Nazi war criminal Justus Gerstenberg on
September 12, 1946. Gerstenberg was a former Wehrmacht soldier who had been
convicted of murdering allied airmen shot down over Germany.
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