soc.history.war.world-war-ii

> A pretty shabby performance, if true, and a black mark against the
> Americans. If Pierrepoint heard about it he must have been disgusted.
>


In some ways, It is better that the Americans did the hangings. The
British do the hangings secretly without any reporters or public
representatives (like the Belsen executions, of which we have no
eyewitness reports from the press). We wouldnt be reading about the
last moments of Ribbentrop or Keitel or Streicher if the British had
hanged them.

Also I am sure that the apparently flawless record of Pierrepoint must
be taken with a pinch of salt because there are no press reporters
(neutral witnesses) at British executions.