EVE OF HANGINGS
LONDON, Oct. 14. A prison official stated that the : condemned war criminals had not yet been informed that they .were being ' hanged on October 16, says Reuter’s . Nuremberg correspondent. j The official added: “There have not - been any hysterical outbursts. Most of the men are trying to compose their ' nerves by reading and smoking. Kai- » tenbrunner became a bit irritable 3 about the cigarette supply, and complained about having to roll his own.” ■- All the condemned Nazis were to- * day asked whether they believed Hit- J. lev was dead. All said, “yes.” The correspondent says armoured I cars cruised around the prison all day. The authorities are keeping secret all details of the executions. ” The eight newspapermen who are ’ to witness the hangings will sleep in - Nuremberg prison on the night of October 15 and will not be released un- ; til after the executions.
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Grey River Argus, 16 October 1946, Page 5
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