It wasn't that, as his deputy was hanged. It was because he persuaded the tribunal (a) he hadn't known the full extent of what was happening and (b) he was truly sorry about what had happen… (View Post)

Yes, that's the key. And apparently Jodl was hanged (rather than shot) to as a deal to stop them complaining about the ones who were imprisoned rather than hanged. (View Post)

He looks a bit of a Dick. (View Post)

FTFY (View Post)

Almost no Nazis were shot over the Holocaust. A few were hanged, but barely 500 all told. Most lived out their lives in Germany or South America, many of them quite openly under their own names. (View Post)