Joseph Malta (November 27, 1918 in Revere, Massachusetts[1]– January 6, 1999 in Revere, Massachusetts[2]) was the hangman who, with John C. Woods, executed the top 10 leaders of the Third Reich in Nuremberg on October 16, 1946, for crimes against humanity. Malta was a 28-year-old U.S. Army military policeman when he volunteered for the job of hanging the men condemned by the International Military Tribunal. He hanged 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 later life, echoed the sentiments of his hangman partner John C. Woods.
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November 27, 1918 |
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