WW2 Mass Public Executions
4 Episodes
From Kiev to Majdanek, public executions of Nazi perpetrators during and after WWII drew immense crowds. Across Europe, officials, collaborators, and camp guards faced the gallows in defining moments of reckoning. This collection examines these chilling spectacles—from trials to executions—and the powerful message they sent. Witness how entire communities gathered to see justice carried out on the very soil where crimes had been committed.
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Justice in Minsk: 14 Nazi Generals & Officers Executed Before 100,000
Episode 1
In 1946, Minsk witnessed one of history’s most public acts of justice. Fourteen Nazi war criminals – generals, SS, and police officers – were tried for atrocities in Belarus, where over two million civilians were killed. Before 100,000 spectators, they were hanged for mass executions, ghetto liqu...
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Justice at Stutthof: Female Nazi Guards Hanged Before 200,000
Episode 2
On July 4, 1946, eleven former Stutthof concentration camp guards—both men and women—were publicly executed in Gdańsk before a crowd of 200,000. This documentary focuses on the female Nazi personnel at Stutthof, revealing the horrors of the camp, the trials of its brutal guards, and the extraordi...
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Justice in Kiev: 12 Nazis Hanged Before 200,000 for the Babi Yar Massacre
Episode 3
Babi Yar, 1941: 33,771 Jews murdered in just two days—followed by thousands more over two years. In 1946, 12 Nazi leaders responsible were tried in Kiev and publicly hanged before 200,000 witnesses. This documentary uncovers the horror of the massacre, the bravery of survivors like Dina Pronichev...
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Justice at Majdanek: SS Men Executed Before 15,000 – Including Survivors
Episode 4
On December 3, 1944—five months before the end of the Second World War—five former SS members of the Majdanek concentration camp were publicly hanged at the very site of their crimes. Before 15,000 people, including survivors, they faced justice for mass killings, torture, and the brutality infli...
