Joseph Malta
American executioner (1918-1999)
Joseph Malta (November 27, 1918[1][2] – 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.
References
- Nuremberg Hangman: No Regrets Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Joseph Kingsbury-Smith: The Execution of Nazi War Criminals
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Nuremberg trials
- Nuremberg Charter
- Crimes against peace
- War crimes
- Crimes against humanity
- Robert H. Jackson (United States)
- Hartley Shawcross (United Kingdom)
- Roman Rudenko (Soviet Union)
- François de Menthon (France)
- Auguste Champetier de Ribes (France)
- Iona Nikitchenko
- Alexander Volchkov
- Geoffrey Lawrence
- Norman Birkett
- Francis Biddle
- John J. Parker
- Henri Donnedieu de Vabres
- Robert Falco
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- That Justice Be Done (1945 film)
- Nuremberg Trials (1947 documentary)
- "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1959 television play)
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961 film)
- Nuremberg (2000 miniseries)
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