During World War II, Joseph Malta served as a military policeman (MP) in the European theater. After learning of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, Malta was moved to respond to a call for volunteers to assist with the anticipated hanging of defendants of the 1946 Nuremberg war crimes trial.
On October 16th of that year, Malta assisted Master Sergeant John C. Woods, in carrying out the hangings of ten top defendants from that trial in one night in the gymnasium of Nuremberg's Landsberg Prison.
"These were the ones that gave the orders," Malta later reflected. "They weren't sorry for anything."
Malta ultimately hanged a total of 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 1996, echoing the sentiments of his colleague Woods
At 78-years-old Joseph Malta said "I'd do it all over again."
On October 16th of that year, Malta assisted Master Sergeant John C. Woods, in carrying out the hangings of ten top defendants from that trial in one night in the gymnasium of Nuremberg's Landsberg Prison.
"These were the ones that gave the orders," Malta later reflected. "They weren't sorry for anything."
Malta ultimately hanged a total of 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 1996, echoing the sentiments of his colleague Woods
At 78-years-old Joseph Malta said "I'd do it all over again."
During World War II, Joseph Malta served as a military policeman (MP) in the European theater. After learning of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, Malta was moved to respond to a call for volunteers to assist with the anticipated hanging of defendants of the 1946 Nuremberg war crimes trial.
On October 16th of that year, Malta assisted Master Sergeant John C. Woods, in carrying out the hangings of ten top defendants from that trial in one night in the gymnasium of Nuremberg's Landsberg Prison.
"These were the ones that gave the orders," Malta later reflected. "They weren't sorry for anything."
Malta ultimately hanged a total of 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 1996, echoing the sentiments of his colleague Woods
At 78-years-old Joseph Malta said "I'd do it all over again."
On October 16th of that year, Malta assisted Master Sergeant John C. Woods, in carrying out the hangings of ten top defendants from that trial in one night in the gymnasium of Nuremberg's Landsberg Prison.
"These were the ones that gave the orders," Malta later reflected. "They weren't sorry for anything."
Malta ultimately hanged a total of 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 1996, echoing the sentiments of his colleague Woods
At 78-years-old Joseph Malta said "I'd do it all over again."
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