User talk:Pintofowltrainer/sandbox

Of the 12 defendants sentenced to death by hanging, two were not hanged: Martin Bormann was convicted in absentia (he had, unknown to the Allies, died while trying to escape from Berlin in May 1945), and Hermann Göring who died by his own hand. Taking poison as he was being supervised by an American guard, who had watched him take the poison through the bars of his cell the night before the execution. The remaining 10 defendants sentenced to death were hanged.