Executions in Nuremberg prison BERLIN, Oct. 1, 1946 (UP) - The condemned Nazi leaders will be executed in the Nuremberg prison, a spokesman for the Allied control council announced late today.

On Sept. 30, 1946, verdicts were handed down in the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. Twelve Nazi leaders were sentenced to death by hanging.

All 22 Nazis were convicted. 13 were executed by hanging. After Nuremberg he stayed in Germany for a few years, helping with legal matters in the aftermath of the war.

Upon his arrival in Nuremberg, ... The tribunal found him guilty on all four counts and sentenced him to death by hanging. He would commit suicide before his scheduled execution.

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, ... and more than a dozen were sentenced to death by hanging even though Ferencz hadn't asked for the death penalty.

Four of the nine judges of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany on the day the verdict was read, Oct. 1, 1946, as sketched by Stars and Stripes artist Don “Shep” Sheppard.

Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher's outburst — “Purim Fest 1946!” — at his execution may have mystified those who were present, but it wasn’t meaningless.